Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue? — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, First Series
Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue? — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, First Series
Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue? — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, First Series
Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue? — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, First Series
Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue? — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, First Series
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Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, First Series
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