But the burden of proof does not lie upon the Rejecter.
"A History of Freedom of Thought"
John Bagnell Bury
Hawthorne has left some fragmentary sentences concerning Emerson, such as, "that everlasting Rejecter of all that is, and seeker for he knows not what," and "Emerson the mystic, stretching his hand out of cloud-land in vain search for something real;" but he likes Emerson's ingenuous way of interrogating people, "as if every man had something to give him."
"The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne"
Frank Preston Stearns