Waldo Emerson

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    The height, the deity of man is to be self-sustained, to need no gift, no foreign force. Society is good when it does not violate me, but best when it is likest to solitude.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Let us build altars to the Blessed Unity which holds nature and souls in perfect solution, and compels every atom to serve an universal end.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Give me insight into today and you may have the antique and future worlds.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)