Ralph Waldo Emerson: How can he be honored, when he does not honor himself; when he loses himself in the crowd; when he is no longer the lawg

How can he be honored, when he does not honor himself; when he loses himself in the crowd; when he is no longer the lawgiver, but the sycophant, ducking to the giddy opinion of a reckless public.

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