The highest compact we can make with our fellow, is, — "Let there be truth between us two forevermore". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The highest compact we can make with our fellow, is, — "Let there be truth between us two forevermore".

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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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In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled up in each man's skin, — seven or eight ancestors at least, — and they constitute the variety of notes for that new piece of music which his life is.
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