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The State exists to educate the wise person, and their appearance makes it unnecessary
Drawn from what Ralph Waldo Emerson said
What Ralph Waldo Emerson actually said
- Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist and lecturer (1803 to 1882)
To educate the wise man the State exists, and with the appearance of the wise man the State expires. The appearance of character makes the State unnecessary.
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↗Essays, Second Series (1844)gutenberg.org
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