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Deep insight will always, like Nature, ultimate its thought in a thing.
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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O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas.
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