As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. ✨ 1850 Representative Men,'Napoleon, the Man of the World'.
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