Ralph Waldo Emerson: Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, — "'T is man's perdition to be safe When for the

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, — "'T is — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, — "'T is man's perdition to be safe When for the truth he ought to die."

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