The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it i…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only out of hatred and selfishness. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: First and Second Series, p.376, Library of America
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The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only out of hatred and selfishness. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: First and Second Series, p.376, Library of America

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