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that would challenge the social order--not so much.
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But listen to Emerson.
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In his essay called "Man the Reformer"--
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and think about our own times.
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"What is man born for ?" Said Emerson.
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"What is man born for but to be a reformer?"
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Now he may be right or wrong about this, you can decide.
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"A re-maker of what man has made,
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a renouncer of lies,
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a restorer of truth and good,
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imitating that great Nature"--
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note the metaphor here--