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Among The Multitude Of Scholars And Authors, We Feel No Hallowing Presence; We Are Sensible Of A Knack And Skill Rather Than Of Inspiration; They Have A Light, And Know Not Whence It Comes, And Call It Their Own; Their Talent Is Some Exaggerated Faculty, Some Overgrown Member, So That Their Strength Is A Disease.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Among The Multitude Of Scholars And Authors, We Feel No Hallowing Presence; We Are Sensible Of A Knack And Skill Rather Than Of Inspiration; They Have A Light, And Know Not Whence It Comes, And Call It Their Own; Their Talent Is Some Exaggerated Faculty, Some Overgrown Member, So That Their Strength Is A Disease.

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The Religion Of One Age Is The Literary Entertainment Of The Next.

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Imagination Is A Very High Sort Of Seeing.

Wherever Work Is Done, Victory Is Attained.

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Let Us Be Poised, Wise And Our Own Today.

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How We Hate This Solemn Ego That Accompanies The Learned, Like A Double, Wherever He Goes.

Genius Is The Power To Labor Better And More Availably. Deserve Thy Genius: Exalt It.

A Little Integrity Is Better Than Any Career.

Delicious Is A Just And Firm Encounter Of Two In A Thought, In A Feeling.

Nature Tells Every Secret Once.

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Very Idle Is All Curiosity Concerning Other People's Estimate Of Us, And All Fear Of Remaining Unknown Is Not Less So.

Culture Is One Thing And Varnish Is Another.

The Invariable Mark Of Wisdom Is To See The Miraculous In The Common.

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Manners Are The Happy Ways Of Doing Things.

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What You Do Thunders Above Your Head So Loudly, I Cannot Hear The Words You Speak.

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You Must Hear The Birds Song Without Attempting To Render It Into Nouns And Verbs.

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