To Be Great Is to Be Misunderstood — Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Journal

Last year's pages say the opposite of what you believe today. You don't tear them out.

"To be great is to be misunderstood."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Self-Reliance," Essays: First Series, 1841. We check every line against a primary source.

A few lines earlier, Emerson says to speak what you think now, and tomorrow speak what you think then, "though it contradict every thing you said to-day."

Date each entry. Let them disagree.

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