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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 641 |
| AUTHOR: | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) |
| QUOTATION: | For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | RALPH WALDO EMERSON, “Boston,” stanza 15, The Complete Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 2, p. 897 (1929). These words were also inscribed on a plaque in the stairwell of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. |
| SUBJECTS: | Freedom |
| WORKS: | Ralph Waldo Emerson Collection |
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