Emerson

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“Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“And in cases where profound conviction has been wrought, the eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief. It agitates and tears him, and perhaps almost bereaves him of the power of articulation.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)