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  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Friendship...
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• The only way to have a friend is to be one. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• Be and not seem. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Method of Nature...
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• There is no knowledge that is not power. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• To be great is to be misunderstood. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso