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Man sheds grief as his skin sheds rain.

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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Essayist
Philosopher
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Boston
Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
Rain
Sorrow
Men
Sheds
Shed
Skin
Skins
Grief

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