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Essays: Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844. [source]
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Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
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To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.
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Hence, the less government we have, the better, — the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.
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Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in.
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