Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Every advantage has its tax.
Citations
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Essays: First Series. James Munroe and Company, 1841, p. 98.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.