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I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.
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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Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it.
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Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.
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Two touch the string, The harp is dumb.
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