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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American poet, essayist, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts. After studying at Harvard and teaching for a brief time, Emerson entered the ministry. He was appointed...
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Fable  
by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The mountain and the squirrel   
Had a quarrel;   
And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig.’ 
Bun replied,   
‘You are doubtless very big;          
But all sorts of things and weather   
Must be taken in together,   
To make up a year   
And a sphere.   
And I think it no disgrace   
To occupy my place.   
If I'm not so large as you,   
You are not so small as I,   
And not half so spry.   
I'll not deny you make   
A very pretty squirrel track;   
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;   
If I cannot carry forests on my back,   
Neither can you crack a nut.’
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