A nation, like a tree, does not thrive well till it is engrafted with a foreign stock. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Quote More from Ralph Waldo Emerson “We fetch fire and water, run about all day among the shops and markets, and get…” “In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends imprisoned by a…” “Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them th…” “Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house, a world; and beyond i…”