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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
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Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.
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