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A Nation’s Strength | |
by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1904) | |
What makes a nation’s pillars high And its foundations strong? What makes it mighty to defy The foes that round it throng? It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand Is it the sword? Ask the red dust And is it pride? Ah, that bright crown Not gold but only men can make Brave men who work while others sleep, |