Compensation (essay)

"Compensation" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Dualism is present within us because it balances life instead of having excess to destroy.

We must all use moderation in life, instead of excess which can cause defects in our lives.

There is somewhat that resembles the ebb and flow of the sea, day and night, man and woman, in a single needle of the pine, in a kernel of corn, in each individual of every animal tribe."

Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse.