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The flowering of civilization is the finished man, the man of sense, of grace, of accomplishment, of social power--the gentleman.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men, Civilization, Grace
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3070, Delphi Classics
The flowering of civilization is the finished man, the man of sense, of grace, of accomplishment, of social power--the gentleman.