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It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.
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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I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.
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