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Quotation from Essays: First Series (Self-Reliance and Other Essays) by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist.”
Essays: First Series (Self-Reliance and Other Essays), II. Self-Reliance (Project Gutenberg #2944)
After describing society as a joint-stock company that trades liberty for bread, Emerson calls for independence of mind.
Citation: "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series (Self-Reliance and Other Essays), II. Self-Reliance (Project Gutenberg #2944). (id emerson-essays-q3)
Portrait: Ralph Waldo Emerson by Josiah Johnson Hawes 1857, Josiah Johnson Hawes, Public domain.
