In the Fiji islands, it appears, cannibalism is now familiar. They eat their own wives and children. We only devour widows' houses, and great merchants outwit and absorb the substance of small ones, and every man feeds on his neighbor's labor if he can. It is a milder form of cannibalism. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: politics power labor analogy cannibalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email