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Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable.
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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The ocean is a large drop a drop is a small ocean.
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