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Ever fresh the broad creation, A divine improvisation, From the heart of God proceeds, A single will, a million deeds.

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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Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
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