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Far or forgot to me is near Shadow and sunlight are the same The vanished gods to me appear And one to me are shame and fame.They reckon ill who leave me out When me they fly, I am the wings I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
Biographer
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Essayist
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
Wings
Hymns
Shame
Sings
Doubter
Shadow
Forgot
Brahmin
Fame
Sunlight
Brahmins
Leave
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Doubt
Near
Doubters
Death
Appear
Reckon
Gods
Vanished

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