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The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
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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The whole value of history, of biography, is to increase my self-trust, by demonstrating what man can be and do.
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If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps.
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Every stoic was a stoic but in Christendom where is the Christian?
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