If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential.


The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations (ed. 1866)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born...

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born...

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born...

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born...