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Nature is a frugal mother, and never gives without measure. When she has work to do, she qualifies men for that and sends them equipped.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
Biographer
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Essayist
Philosopher
Poet
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Boston
Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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Mother
Nature
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Frugal
Work
Equipped
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Men
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