Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on beliefBelief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. — “Montaigne; or, the Skeptic”1 min read·6 days ago----
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on the power of fables[W]hen Aesop reports the whole catalogue of common daily relations through the masquerade of birds and beasts; — we take the cheerful hint…1 min read·Jun 16, 2024----
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on the studious classThe studious class are their own victims: they are thin and pale, their feet are cold, their heads are hot, the night is without sleep, the…1 min read·Jun 15, 2024----
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on power and formHuman life is made up of the two elements, power and form, and the proportion must be invariably kept, if we would have it sweet and sound.1 min read·Jun 14, 2024----
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on fallingLet us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls. When the fruit is despatched, the…1 min read·Jun 13, 2024----
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on intemperanceWho cares what sensibility or discrimination a man has at some time shown, if he falls asleep in his chair? or if he laugh and giggle? or…1 min read·Jun 12, 2024----
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on temperamentTemperament is the iron wire on which the beads are strung. Of what use is fortune or talent to a cold and defective nature?1 min read·Jun 11, 2024----
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on persuasionIf I am willful, he sets his will against mine, one for one, and leaves me, if I please, the degradation of beating him by my superiority…1 min read·Jun 11, 2024----
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on pretensionPretension may sit still, but cannot act. Pretension never feigned an act of real greatness. Pretension never wrote an Iliad, nor drove…1 min read·Jun 9, 2024----
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyEmerson on social complianceWe foolishly think in our days of sin, that we must court friends by compliance to the customs of society, to its dress, its breeding, and…1 min read·Jun 8, 2024----