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Was never secret history but birds tell it in the bowers.
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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The person who screams, or uses the superlative degree, or converses with heat puts whole drawing-rooms to flight. If you wish to be loved, love measure.
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To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.
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An eminent teacher of girls said, the idea of a girl's education, is, whatever qualifies them for going to Europe.
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