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To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.
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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God will not make himself manifest to cowards
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The greatest genius is the most indebted person.
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Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown and distant star.
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