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The man (or woman) who can make hard things easy is the educator.
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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Every man is an infinitely repelling orb, and holds his individual being on that condition.
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There are eyes, to be sure, that give no more admission into the man than blueberries.
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