Ocupation: Essayist
Life: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
Birthday: May 25
Death: April 27
Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.
source: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.299, Library of America
topic: Book, House, Atheism, Suppressing, Censoring, Censorship In Books, Censoring Books