“The poet to-day, notwithstanding all the discoveries of science, and the accumulated learning of mankind, enjoys no advantage over Homer.”
-Henry David Thoreau, from his essay Walking (1862)
No Advantage Over Homer
“The poet to-day, notwithstanding all the discoveries of science, and the accumulated learning of mankind, enjoys no advantage over Homer.”
-Henry David Thoreau, from his essay Walking (1862)