We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have an ambition out of all proportion to their practical force, and so do lean and beg day and night continually. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.20, Penguin
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