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A child convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. The reward for a thing well done, is to have done it.
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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A poem is made up of thoughts, each of which filled the whole sky of the poet in its turn.
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The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone.
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