Ralph Waldo Emerson: The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walkin

The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from t — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters,—a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man.

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