Quote #216
To-day unbind the captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound!
More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- The highest compact we can make with our fellow, is, - 'Let there be truth between us two forevermore.'
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- So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.