You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.
Ralph Waldo EmersonHe presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEmancipation is the demand of civilization. That is a principle; everything else is an intrigue.
Ralph Waldo Emerson