. . <3quarksdaily.com> . "he no longer so close with Ralph Waldo Emerson anyway, the two of you really hit it off when Emerson gave that speech at Harvard that Thoreau liked so much, and he (Emerson, that is) is such a well-respected person with connections and character and maybe there is an opportunity for a nice little earner with someone in his network, you never know and you will certainly not meet anyone sitting around" .