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God will not make himself manifest to cowards
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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I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.
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