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Everything in nature goes by law, and not by luck.
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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Thy dangerous glances make women of men new-born, we are melting into nature again.
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The restraining grace of common sense is the mark of all valid minds.
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