Vulgar words in Heroes in Peace - The 6th William Penn Lecture, May 9, 1920 (Page 1)
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Emerson has summed it all up, in his introductory lines to his essay on Heroism-- "Ruby wine is drunk by knaves, Sugar spends to fatten slaves, Rose and vine-leaf deck buffoons; Thunder clouds are Jove's festoons, Drooping oft in wreaths of dread Lightning-knotted round his head; The hero is not fed on sweets Daily his own soul he eats."