And why not? for they aspire to the highest, and this, in their sleep-walking, they dream is highest. Wake them and they shall quit the false good and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks. This revolution is to be wrought by the... The American Scholar in Professional Life - Page 40by George Gluyas Mercer - 1889Full view - About this book
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