The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines int… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.

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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Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply,— "'T is man's perdition to be safe When for the truth he ought to die."

The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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