Letter to Thomas Carlyle (1835) - Emerson, Ralph Waldo

A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only cares that the world should last his days.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Letter to Thomas Carlyle (1835)

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