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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 Returned this day, the south wind searches, And finds young pines and budding birches; But finds not the budding man. Quote Right
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Quote Left Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Quote Right
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Quote Left The people are to be taken in very small doses. Quote Right
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Quote Left Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players. Quote Right
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Quote Left If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs