...into copies of oneself. The great prophet of this dark Quixotism is not so much Nietzsche as Emerson: "Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the utmost in due time becomes the outmost,—and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets...

...understand what Emerson says in the opening paragraph of the most famous of his essays: To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your...rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment. In a paradoxical way, the thoughts that are unique to us are apt to be universal as well, since they...

...acceptability of his ideas. Thus, Emerson begins the same essay by stating that "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your...universal sense; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost."25 And, in a later essay, Emerson states his view of genius more fully by stating that genius...

...making them common to us, is suggested by the fourth sentence of "Self-Reliance": "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your...private heart is true for all men, — that is genius." (One path from these words leads to the transformation of the romantics idea of genius: Genius is not...

...turn outward is, of course, repeated in the famous line from "Self-Reliance": "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your...private heart, is true for all men, — that is genius"; CW 2:27. 48. CW 2:173-75. 49. CW 2:161. 50. EL 2: 355. The concept of the "modern" here is derived...

...suppression of Leaves on largely these same corporeal grounds. 7 For example: "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men,—that is genius" ("Self-Reliance," LAE 259). 8 Apparently Greeley had a tendency to act this...

...the capacity for choice itself." 18 Emerson sang this hymn in "SelfReliance": "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men,—that is genius." Yet Whitman was its true bard: "The whole theory of the universe is directed...

...may. The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your...conviction, and it shall be the universal sense: for the imnost in due time becomes the outmost, and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets...

...indispensable belief necessary to moral and social life."6 Compare this with Emerson: "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your...private heart is true for all men — that is genius." Emerson expresses what he calls the ground of his hope that man is one, that we are capable of achieving...

...woman who was quoted in the financial headlines, spoke frequently at national Mil To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your...private heart is true for all men — that is genius. — Ralph Waldo Emerson investment conferences, and had been profiled on a special segment of CNBC....