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We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.
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
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By God, I will not obey this filthy enactment!
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