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I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.

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Even in rugged Scotland, nature is scarcely wilder than a mountain sheep, certainly a good way short of the ferity of the moose and caribou.
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The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds.
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In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.
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The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
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Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be directed to him too often.
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Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.
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Emerson is the spokesman and prophet of youth and of a formative, idealistic age. His is a voice from the heights which are ever bathed in the sunshine of the spirit.
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England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.
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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
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I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
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He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
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To still others, who again have their human prototypes, it means a struggle, more or less fierce, to keep soul and body together; while to many insect forms, it means death.
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A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
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I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.
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Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.
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