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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson treats enthusiasm as energy for action, not decoration. It is what carries an idea into the world.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson; public-domain text.

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