| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 19565 |
| QUOTATION: | 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? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. “Boston,” Selected Poems (1876).
Read in 1873 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Emerson Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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