Muriel Strode
“I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.”
“Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers,” Open Court magazine (1903)
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Attribution
Muriel Strode
Source
“Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers,” Open Court magazine (1903)
Status
Public domain in the United States
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About this line
Muriel Strode published this in a 1903 poem, and it has long traveled under Ralph Waldo Emerson’s name. It’s hers. Restoring the credit is the whole point of the page.
Why we carry this line
Handing the quote back to the woman who wrote it is the entire reason it’s here.
The design
A dotted line runs under “where the path may lead,” straight and even. That’s the path. At its end the dots warm to a matte gold, step off and wander down the side on their own.
The last dot is the period after “trail.” Nothing crosses the words.
On the tee and the sweatshirt, the line is printed on the back. You leave it behind you as you walk.
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