Ralph Waldo Emerson Merit Quotations

Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art.

Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit, in every work of art; since the author of it was not misled by anything short- livedor local, but abode by real and abiding traits.

The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone.

Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art.