During the latter portion of his life, declares a writer in
_Everybody’s Magazine_, Emerson seemed to live much in the world
of souls, and came back with difficulty to take cognizance of physical
affairs.
At the time of the Millerite excitement, he was walking one day
down Bromfield Street, Boston, when he met one of his friends,
who remarked: “This is the day when the world is to come to an
end, according to the Millerities.” The Sage of Concord looked
reflectively at his friend for a moment, and replied: “Ah, well,
we can do without it.”
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