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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?

By:	Ralph Waldo Emerson (more quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson or books by/about Ralph Waldo Emerson)
	(1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, and poet
Source:	Boston (st. 5)
Categories:	Equality, Freedom, Nobility
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