Ralph Waldo Emerson writes in his journal:
H.D.T. wants to go to Oregon, not to London. Yes surely; but what seeks he but the most energetic nature? & seeking that, he will find Oregon indifferently in all places; for it snows & blows & melts & adhere & repels all the world over.
(The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 9:466)
