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One of our statesmen said, The curse of this country is eloquent 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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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.
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Whoever is open, loyal, true of humane and affable demeanour honourable himself, and in his judgement of others faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man....such a man is a true gentleman.
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The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.
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Live in the fields, and God will give you lectures on natural philosophy every day.
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The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of genius, of virtue, and of life, which we call Spontaneity or Instinct.
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