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In the history of the individual is always an account of his condition, and he knows himself to be a party to his present estate.
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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Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge.
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Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world.
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Every word was once a poem.
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Power educates the potentate.
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Nothing is great but the inexhaustible wealth of nature.
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The house praises the carpenter.
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The cardinal virtue of a teacher [is] to protect the pupil from his own influence.
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