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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 20727 |
| QUOTATION: | The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only out of hatred and selfishness. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. “Politics,” Essays, Second Series (1844). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Emerson Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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