What forests of laurel we bring, and the tears of mankind, to those who stood firm against the opinion of their contemporaries. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

What forests of laurel we bring, and the tears of mankind, to those who stood firm against the opinion of their contemporaries.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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