Waldo

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    Personal rights, universally the same, demand a government framed on the ratio of the census: property demands a government framed on the ratio of owners and of owning.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man that stands by himself, the universe stands by him also.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are,— 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)