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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a famous American preacher, philosopher, and poet of the 19th century who served as the center of the Transcendental movement.


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Quote Left One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. Quote Right
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Quote Left It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms th... Quote Right
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Quote Left Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them. Quote Right
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Quote Left The counting-room maxims liberally expounded are laws of the Universe. The merchant's economy is a coarse symbol of the soul's economy. It is,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things