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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul.
         

The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul.


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This page presents the quote "The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul.". Author of this quote is Ralph Waldo Emerson. This quote is about soul, decline, withdrawal, reliance, authority, religion,.