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In England every man you meet is some man's son in America, he may be some man's father.
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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Good criticism is very rare and always precious.
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All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. We quote not only books and proverbs, but arts, sciences, religion, customs, and laws nay, we quote temples and houses, tables and chairs, by imitation.
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Milton says, that the lyric poet may drink wine and live generously, but the epic poet, he who shall sing of the gods, and their descent unto men, must drink water out of a wooden bowl. For poetry is not Devil's wine, but God's wine.
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Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside.
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Use makes a better soldier than the most urgent considerations of duty,--familiarity with danger enabling him to estimate the danger. He sees how much is the risk, and is not afflicted with imagination knows practically Marshal Saxe's rule, that every soldier killed costs the enemy his weight in lead.
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The cardinal virtue of a teacher [is] to protect the pupil from his own influence.
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In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.
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As long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions.
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But we need not fear that we can lose any thing by the progress of the soul. The soul may be trusted to the end.
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For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.
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And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.
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Doing well is a result of doing good.
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Our prayers are prophets.
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Science does not know its debt to imagination.
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A strenuous soul hates cheap success.
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All ages of belief have been great all of unbelief have been mean.
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A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.
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If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps.
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