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The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones they are what they are they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

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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