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The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.
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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Eyes...They speak all languages.
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All public facts are to be individualized, all private facts are to be generalized.
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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
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