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The true poem is the poet's mind.
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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Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
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The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days & more of them, than any other country.
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