Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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