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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
Biographer
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Essayist
Philosopher
Poet
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Boston
Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
Best
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Relieved
Heart
Gay
Work
Otherwise
Men
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