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Between cultivated minds the first interview is the best.
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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Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
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Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth.
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