I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you mus…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him. ✨ Felix Frankfurter Reminisces. Book by Harlan B. Phillips, p. 59, 1960.
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I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him. ✨ Felix Frankfurter Reminisces. Book by Harlan B. Phillips, p. 59, 1960.

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