Leave a Trail — Muriel Strode Quote Journal

Nobody has a how-to for what you're trying. So you start one.

"I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail."
— Muriel Strode
"Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers," The Open Court, Vol. 17, No. 8, August 1903, p. 505. We check every line against a primary source.

The Emerson label didn't show up until 1992, eighty-nine years after she published it.

Write the first page. Someone will follow it.

Read the full story behind this quote: Did Emerson Write "Do Not Go Where the Path May Lead"? No. Muriel Strode Did in 1903.

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