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In daily life what distinguishes the master is the using those materials he has, instead of looking about for what are more renowned, or what others have used well.

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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