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What we seek we shall find what we flee from flees from us.
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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R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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Nothing is quite beautiful alone nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace.
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Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?
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Though I am weak, yet God, when prayed, Cannot withhold his conquering aid.
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