• Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. self-reliance
2. conspiracy
3. conformity
4. realities
5. creators
6. request

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Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. by : Ralph Waldo Emerson

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