The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

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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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And truly it demands something godlike in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity, and has ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster. High be his heart, faithful his will, clear his sight, that he may in good earnest be doctrine, society, law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others!

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