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For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?   Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Source: RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Boston, stanza 15, The Complete Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 2, p. 897 .These words were also inscribed on a plaque in the stairwell of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. · Excerpt from Poems Household Edition · This quote is about freedom · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 April 27, 1882) was a famous American essayist and one of America's most influential thinkers and writers.

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