Famous quotes containing the words james, island and/or county:
“The I think which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the I breathe which actually does accompany them.”
—William James (18421910)
“In all things I would have the island of a man inviolate. Let us sit apart as the gods, talking from peak to peak all round Olympus. No degree of affection need invade this religion.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)