[PW] Re: Source of quotation

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting Linda Stephenson <lindas at dbu.edu>:

> I need to know, for one of our professors, the author and source
> citation to this quotation: "The gods we worship write their names on
> our faces, be sure of that. And a man will worship something - have
> no doubt about that either. He may think his tribute is paid in
> secret in the dark recesses of his heart - but it will out. That
> which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore, it
> behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping
> we are becoming."
>
> On Google, the quote is attributed to either Ralph Waldo Emerson or
> Harry Emerson Fosdick, but the source is never given. I contacted one
> site's contact, who attributed it to R.W. Emerson, asking for the
> source. I received this reply: "I'm afraid this is one of those
> widely attributed quotations that was never actually written by the
> reputed source."


Hi Linda,

One of those Google sources attributes it to Emerson "as adapted by 
Marjorie Montgomery." I have no idea who she is but even if this is 
another blind alley for you, it may have different scenery.

John Dyson