I regard it as the irresistible effect of the Copernican as… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I regard it as the irresistible effect of the Copernican astronomy to have made the theological scheme of redemption absolutely incredible

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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Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.

The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.

Men are what their mothers made them.

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