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Nature is a rag merchant, who works up every shred and ort and end into new creations.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
Biographer
Diarist
Essayist
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
Every
Merchant
Creations
Merchants
Rags
Works
Creation
Nature
Ends
Shred

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