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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 Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think. Quote Right
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Quote Left Science does not know its debt to imagination. Science Quote Right
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Quote Left The intelligent have a right over the ignorant, namely, the right of instructing them. The right punishment of one out of tune, is to make him... Quote Right
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Quote Left Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun. Quote Right
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Quote Left The advantage in education is always with those children who slip up into life without being objects of notice. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things