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As soon as a child has left the room his strewn toys become affecting.
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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I quote another man's saying unluckily, that other withdraws himself in the same way, and quotes me.
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