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Every book is good to read which sets the reader in a working mood.
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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Commerce is of trivial import love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
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Genius is saying what is in your heart, because it's in everyone's heart.
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Men are better than this theology.
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Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it.
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No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
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Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.
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Remarkable trait in the American Character is the union, not very infrequent, of Yankee cleverness with spiritualism.
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