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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
Biographer
Diarist
Essayist
Philosopher
Poet
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Boston
Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
Live
Swim
Life
Wild
Healing
Adventure
Sea
Air
Drink
Swimming
Health
Sunshine

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