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Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.
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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The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land With little men.
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The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.
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The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken: The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind.
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Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey.
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