This sculpture in the memory is not without pre-established harmony. The eye was placed where one ray should fallthat it might t
estify of that particular rayWe but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. PLEASE SUMMARIZE IT
we are all blessed with some potentials from God. However, we need to courageously express the talents which we have been bequeathed.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a philosopher and essayist who enjoyed solitude and recommended some moral etiquettes.
One of these etiquettes is self-reliance. In this excerpt, Emerson likens humans to an eye that was placed so that a ray could fall on it. This eye can testify of the ray.
This shows that we were created purposefully. We have also been blessed with talents. Cowards hide their own talents. We should not be cowards, rather, we should courageously express the gifts that we possess.
