The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is … - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 April 1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet.

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Alternative Names: R. W. Emerson • Waldo Emerson

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