Ralph Waldo Emerson
in a American poet and philosopher, founder of transcendentalismWe must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade? Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes
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