Waldo

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    Railroad iron is a magician’s rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    The philanthropists inquire whether Transcendentalism does not mean sloth: they had as lief hear that their friend is dead, as that he is a Transcendentalist; for then is he paralyzed, and can never do anything for humanity.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not social; it is impersonal; is God.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)