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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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Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right time, or it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation.
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