Article April 1, 1972 ISSUE

Wagons and Stars

MARGARET C. DEAN

"Hitch your wagon to a star," American Civilization; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's advice.

Though wagons have been replaced by fastbacks, and stars are prosaically understood in their form and chemical content, still the sage's counsel is as exciting and impelling as ever. It is innate in man's nature to strive for a high goal. In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes, "We must form perfect models in thought and look at them continually, or we shall never carve them out in grand and noble lives." Science and Health, p. 248;

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