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On bravely through the sunshine and the showers! Time hath his work to do, and we have ours.
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
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It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.
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My angel,-his name is Freedom,- Choose him to be your king He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing.
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Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.
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Homeopathy is insignificant as an act of healing, but of great value as criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time.
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If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
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