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Obedience alone gives the right to command.
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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Books are the best of things, well used abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.
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Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us.
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