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Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings.
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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Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.
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It is a greater joy to see the author's author, than himself.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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I do not wish to please him I wish that he should wish to please me.
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