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Do what we can, summer will have its flies.
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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Remarkable trait in the American Character is the union, not very infrequent, of Yankee cleverness with spiritualism.
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Knowledge is the antidote to fear. [especially as fear often stands for false evidence appearing real!]
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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
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Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
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It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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But a public oration is an escapade, a non-committal, an apology, a gag, and not a communication, not a speech, not a man.
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The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.
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You must treat the days respectfully, you must be a day yourself, and not interrogate it like a college professor.
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