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PHILOSOPHY > philosopher, poet, essayist > Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must hold...
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We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?
Source: Essays, Spiritual Laws (First Series), 1841.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25 1803-1882), US philosopher, poet, essayist; He was the main spokesman of his time for moral optimism and belief in the individual: Self-Reliance, 1844.