Emerson

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    Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years later.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Nature will not be Buddhist: she resents generalizing, and insults the philosopher in every moment with a million fresh particulars.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)