Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one o…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). Self-Reliance, the Over-Soul, and Other Essays, p.21, Coyote Canyon Press
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