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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: The high prize of life the crowning fortune of a man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness.
         

The high prize of life the crowning fortune of a man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness.


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The high prize of life the crowning fortune of a man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness.
         



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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.



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