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The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest.
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
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I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.
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The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.
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