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Representative Men Quotes

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (Representative Men Quotes)

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.

Source:Phillips, Sampson & Co., ed. 1850), Essay VI. Napoleon; or, the Man of the World, Page 252
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (Representative Men Quotes)
  • Book: Representative Men
  • Writer: Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Genre: Essays
  • Published: 1850
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