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Books take their place according to their specific gravity as surely as potatoes in a tub.
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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If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
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