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The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.
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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Boston
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R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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Not in his goals but in his transitions, man is great.
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I would study, I would know, I would admire forever.
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