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The genius of the Platonists, is intoxicating to the student, yet how few particulars of it can I detach from all their books.
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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Let a man behave in his own house as a guest.
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Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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Every man is as lazy as he dares to be.
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The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.
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