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Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet.
* He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1803.
* He graduated from Harvard University in 1821.
* He was a Unitarian minister for a short time, but he left the ministry in 1832.
* He was a leading figure in the transcendentalist movement.
* He wrote many essays, including "Self-Reliance" and "Nature."
* He died in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1882.
* He is considered one of the most important figures in American literature.
* His ideas have had a profound influence on American thought and culture.
If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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