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| '''Emerson, Ralph Waldo''' (1803-1882), American poet, lecturer, and essayist. | | '''Emerson, Ralph Waldo''' (1803-1882), American poet, lecturer, and essayist. |
| {{DISPLAYTITLE:Ralph Waldo Emerson}} | | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Ralph Waldo Emerson}} |
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| == Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes == | | == Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes == |
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| + | "We boil at different degrees." |
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| + | "Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance." |
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| + | "Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art." |
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| + | "Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry." |
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| + | "To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." |
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| + | "As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker." |
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| + | "We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes." |
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| + | "Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them." |
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| + | "Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature." |
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| "Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones." | | "Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones." |
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| "The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge." | | "The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge." |
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| == External Links == | | == External Links == |
| [http://www.eserver.org/thoreau/amertran.html American Transcendentalism] | | [http://www.eserver.org/thoreau/amertran.html American Transcendentalism] |