In school if you're different that's uncool. But I try to maintain confidence in who I am. . . because. . . you know. . . I don't really want to change it.
At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, as in the Bible, for instance, or Homer or Shakspeare. I see he covertly or plainly likes best superb verbal polish, or something old or odd