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I shun father and mother and wife and brother, when my genius calls me.
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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Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
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