Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man can have society upon his own terms. If he seeks it, he must serve it too.

No man can have society upon his own terms. If he seeks it, he must serve it too — Ralph Waldo Emerson

No man can have society upon his own terms. If he seeks it, he must serve it too.

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