Ralph Waldo Emerson: For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

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