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I do not hesitate to read. all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable-any real insight or broad human sentiment.

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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