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What did Ralph Waldo Emerson mean by a dose of arsenic?

April 26, 2017arsenic dose mean ralph waldo emerson

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What did Ralph Waldo Emerson mean by a dose of arsenic?

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Emerson was referring to the Mexican-American War. He believed that winning the war would divide the states between north and south, thus poisoning the country. Emerson believed that the country would fall because of the conflicts that the new land would present.