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Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think.
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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A mob is a society obodies, voluntarily bereaving themselves oreason, and traversing its work. The mob is man, voluntarily descending to the nature othe beast. Its fit hour oactivity is night its actions are insane, like its whole constitution.
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The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.
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The gates of thought, - how slow and late they discover themselves! Yet when they appear, we see that they were always there, always open.
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