Howard Mumford Jones Quotes

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.
Howard Mumford Jones

Hope, Again, Dead

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history.
Howard Mumford Jones

History, Him, American

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.
Howard Mumford Jones

Society, Law, Criticism

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.
Howard Mumford Jones

Energy, American, Moral

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration.
Howard Mumford Jones

Thought, American, Speak

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: April 16, 1892

Died: May 11, 1980

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