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I think the vice of our housekeeping is that it does not hold man sacred. the vice of government, the vice of education, the viceof religion, is one with that of the private life.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I Think The Vice Of Our Housekeeping

Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think the vice of our housekeeping is that it does not hold man sacred. the vice of government, the vice of education, the viceof religion, is one with that of the private life.
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