The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth . . .
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To-morrow, when the masks shall fallThat dizen nature's carnival,
The pure shall see, by their own will,
Which overflowing love shall fill,-
'Tis not within the force of Fate
The fate-conjoined to separate.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.
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Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.
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We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is properly no history only biography.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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