History & Philosophy! Commonly misattributed
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist and philosopher
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Whispering Sages: From Their Mouths To Your Ears
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- ! Commonly misattributed
Often credited to Emerson; traced to Henry Stanley Haskins (1908).
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