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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 The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction. Quote Right
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Quote Left A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts. Quote Right
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Quote Left A man builds a fine house and now he has a master, and a task for life he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days. Quote Right
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Quote Left Shall we judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. Quote Right
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Quote Left Surely nobody would be a charlatan, who could afford to be sincere. Quote Right
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