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All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
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
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In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.
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Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age.
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Do not craze yourself with thinking, but go about your business anywhere.
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