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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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Representative Men
Writer:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genre:
Essays
Published:
1850
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