Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to … - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires....courage.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images, or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin.

All that we call sacred history attests that the birth of a poet is the principal event in chronology.

Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.

Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to beli… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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