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Looking at God instantly reduces our disposition to dissent from our brother.
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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Throw a stone into the stream and the ripples that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence.
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Language is the archives of history.
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The action of the soul is oftener in that which is felt and left unsaid than in that which is said in any conversation. It broods over every society, and men unconsciously seek for it in each other.
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For flowers that bloom about our feet For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet For song of bird, and hum of bee For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
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Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind.
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