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There is, in all great poets, a wisdom of humanity which is superior to any talents they exercise.
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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Nature is upheld by antagonism.
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It is true that genius takes its rise out of the mountains of rectitude that all beauty and power which men covet are somehow born out of that Alpine district that any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm.
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The river knows the way to the sea: Without a pilot it runs and falls, Blessing all lands with its charity.
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