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We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall; Equal on Sunday — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall; Equal on Sunday in the pew, On Monday in the mall. For what avail the plough or sail, Or land, or life, if freedom fail?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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