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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: So nigh is grandeur to our dust So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low Thou must The youth replies I can.
         

So nigh is grandeur to our dust So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low Thou must The youth replies I can.


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