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Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
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Boston
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R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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The eye is the best of artists.
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A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices.
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