Jul. 8th, 2019

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The Poison that will Divide the House
Historical RPF
Rating: G
Notes: Transcendentalist RPF, Ralph Waldo Emerson visits Henry David Thoreau in jail

“The real question is what are you doing out there?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, we all talk a lot about the evils of slavery, about what we would do, but it’s all just words.”

“You’re a writer! Don’t disparage words.”

“I won’t. But there comes a time for action.”

“I blame this on your friendship with Brown.”

“Blame this on my refusal to support a system which will expand slavery into the west. Mexico has no slavery. Why do you think Polk and his supporters want war?”

Emerson leaned against the bars wearily. “I know, David. I know.”

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