But such inveterate and persistent optimism, though it may show only its pleasant side in such a character as Emerson's, is dangerous doctrine for a people. It degenerates into fatalistic indifference to moral considerations, and to personal responsibilities;... Letters of Charles Eliot Norton - Page 506by Charles Eliot Norton - 1913Full view - About this book
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