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Howard Mumford Jones quotes

American - Writer

Born: 16 Apr 1892

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit. Howard Mumford Jones
- Then
- American
- Moral
- Optimism
- Spirit
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
- He
- James
- American
- Thought
- Died
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
- Transcendental
- American
- Him
- Cultural
- Chief
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
- Weight
- Dead
- Us
- Revolt
- Youth
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it. Howard Mumford Jones
- Always
- Than
- Persecution
- Meet
- Suppress