Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or other than by their importance to the mind of the time. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or other than by their importance to the mind of the time."

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Census	Country	Estimate	Importance
Judge	Land	Majority	Miles
Mind	Minority	Nations	Other
Pedantry	Square	Surely	Time

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