John Morley vs. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
John Morley
1838 – 1923
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn,, MP, was a British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor.
"Ireland and Russia are the two most ‘Christian’ countries in Europe. To-day they are the most disfigured by violence and outrage. What do you make of that?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 – 1882
Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity. Friedrich Nietzsche thought he was "the most gifted of the Americans," and Walt Whitman called Emerson his "master".
"Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous."