Ralph Waldo Emerson a-t-il vraiment dit « Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. » ?

Ralph Waldo Emerson a-t-il vraiment dit « Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. » ?

Trouvé mot pour mot. Oui. Le texte figure dans des œuvres attribuées à Ralph Waldo Emerson. Source et emplacement ci-dessous.

… e a man must be a nonconformist.[165] He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness.[166] Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage[167] of the world. I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser, who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within? my friend suggested: "But these impulses may be from below, not from above." I replied: "They do not seem to me to be such; b …
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ralph Waldo Emerson, ¶189 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #16643 · source

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