Word: emerson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Often the starting point for hope is a timeworn epigram that is chalked on a slate, such as Socrates' "All I know is that I know nothing," or Emerson's "Discontent is the want of self-reliance." From there the prisoners take it on their own, analyzing themselves and one another. But the strongest prompting toward cure is the living example of the ex-junkies themselves...
While still in high school Pingree began reading Sanskrit literature "just as one might pick up Thoreau or Emerson," and continued his study of the language after his admission to the College. He used Sanskrit as a tool to extend his knowledge of "the cultural connections between the West and India." Pingree, despite his own attachment to this strange field, recognizes that it is unusual, and is amused when people other than his colleagues show an interest...
...ball in the Emerson Hotel, the pace picked up. Zantzinger stung a Negro bellhop's rear with his cane. After a few bourbons and ginger at the open bar, he asked a Negro waitress, Mrs. Ethel Hill, 30, something about a firemen's fund. She said she did not know what he meant. "Don't say no to me, you nigger, say no, sir," said Zantzinger. He flailed her with the cane. She fled to the kitchen...
...beginning of his poetry reading at Harvard last week, Brother Antoninus paced about the stage of Emerson D, glowered at his audience, and remained silent for several minutes. The protracted silence created an acute and almost unbearable tension. Then he spoke: "I look at you. I don't know you. Everywhere you are the same...