Emerson

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“I am not so foolish as to declaim against forms. Forms are as essential as bodies; but to exalt particular forms, to adhere to one form a moment after it is outgrown, is unreasonable, and it is alien to the spirit of Christ.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Alas! that neither bonds nor vows
Can certify possession;
Torments me still the fear that love
Died in its last expression.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“If a man own land, the land owns him.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)