Ralph Waldo Emerson: Though love repine and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, "'Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the tr

Though love repine and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, "'Tis man — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Though love repine and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, "'Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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