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Let there be worse cotton and better men.
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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I didn't find my friends the good Lord gave them to me.
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A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture.
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Nature hates calculators.
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