Well for those who have no fear, Looking seaward well assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, poet, philosopher and lecturer who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.