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When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe.
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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They think him the best dressed man, whose dress is so fit for his use that you cannot notice or remember to describe it.
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