Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of … - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not.

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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Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days, Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes, And marching single in an endless file, Bring diadems and fagots in their hands.

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again.

Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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