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I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing today.
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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An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy. ... One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye it transcends speech it is the bodily symbol of identity.
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The world exists, as I understand it, to teach the science of liberty.
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The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man.
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The world is the ring of his spells, And the play of his miracles.
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Knowledge is the antidote to fear. [especially as fear often stands for false evidence appearing real!]
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The terrors of the child are quite reasonable, and add to his loveliness for his utter ignorance and weakness, and his enchanting indignation on such a small basis of capital compel every bystander to take his part.
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Man exists for his own sake and not to add a laborer to the State.
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Education should be as broad as man.
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Wealth is in applications of mind to nature and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot.
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The rhyme of the poet Modulates the king's affairs.
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If we follow the truth, it will bring us out safe at last.
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In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled up in each man's skin, - seven or eight ancestors at least, and they constitute the variety of notes for that new piece of music which his life is.
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Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.
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I am present at the sowing of the seed of the world. With a geometry of sunbeams, the soul lays the foundations of nature.
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