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  1. A quotation from Emerson

    A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

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  2. A quotation from Emerson

    No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no Past at my back.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Circles,” Essays: First Series, No. 10

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  3. A quotation from Emerson

    We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1860), “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 6

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