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What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.
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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Line in Nature is not found Unit and Universe are round.
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