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There is no great and no small To the Soul that maketh all.
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
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Throw a stone into the stream and the ripples that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence.
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