When God lets loose a great thinker on this planet, then all things ar…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When God lets loose a great thinker on this planet, then all things are at risk. There is not a piece of science but its flank may be turned to-morrow; nor any literary reputation or the so-called eternal names of fame that many not be refused and condemned.
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