There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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About Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
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