"Only the great generalizations survive. The sharp words……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Only the great generalizations survive. The sharp words of the Declaration of Independence, lampooned then and since as 'glittering generalities,' have turned out blazing ubiquities that will burn forever and ever."

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