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It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book.
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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But a compassion for that which is not and cannot be useful and lovely, is degrading and futile.
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Poetry makes its own pertinence, and a single stanza outweighs a book of prose.
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We never touch but at points.
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The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius.
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Stand guard at the portal of your mind.
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