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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short, but when we have had our swing of pleasure, our fill of fruit, and our swelter of heat, we say we have had our day.
         

Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short, but when we have had our swing of pleasure, our fill of fruit, and our swelter of heat, we say we have had our day.


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This page presents the quote "Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short, but when we have had our swing of pleasure, our fill of fruit, and our swelter of heat, we say we have had our day.". Author of this quote is Ralph Waldo Emerson. This quote is about death, fear of death, pleasure, summer, july, heat, fruit, fear,.