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The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home. We imitate and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind?
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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Examples are cited by soldiers, of men who have seen the cannon pointed, and the fire given to it, and who have stepped aside from he path of the ball. The terrors of the storm are chiefly confined to the parlour and the cabin.
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Do not follow where the path may lead.
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See only that thou work and thou canst not escape the reward.
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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
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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.
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Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty.
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Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.
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Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window if heavy, it will obscure the light.
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