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.
“Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two.”
“As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything.”