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Ralph Waldo Emerson

17–23 November 1834

23 November 1834

The root and seed of democracy is the doc- trine. Judge for yourself. Reverence thyself It is the inevitable effect of that doctrine, where it has any effect (which is rare), to insulate the par- tisan, to make each man a state. At the same time it replaces the dead with a living check in a true, delicate reverence for superior, congenial minds. " How is the king greater than I, if he is not more just?"
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