Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange cha… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, or in the transom of a merchant brig.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 April 1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet.

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Alternative Names: R. W. Emerson • Waldo Emerson

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Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, or in the transom of a merchant brig. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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