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Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.
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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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
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It is one soul which animates all men.
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There is nothing in history to parallel the influence of Jesus Christ.
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