Emerson

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    Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    It is an esoteric doctrine of society that a little wickedness is good to make muscle; as if conscience were not good for hands and legs.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)