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The affections cannot keep their youth any more than 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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A man builds a fine house and now he has a master, and a task for life.
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We can only obey our own polarity.
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