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Never lose an opportunity to see anything that is beautiful. It is God's handwriting a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower.
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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The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
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Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them.
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Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.
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Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
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He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.
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