Ralph Waldo Emerson on The Lounge

Chris Hagen*

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"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."

Discuss.
 

Finnish your Czech

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Ralph Waldo Emerson on The Lounge
"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."

Discuss.
 

HanSolo

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So I had some bomb steak and chicken fajitas last night and all I could think of was how awesome the chicken and cow was that they fulfilled their purpose in life of being a good meal for me.
 

irunthepeg

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So I had some bomb steak and chicken fajitas last night and all I could think of was how awesome the chicken and cow was that they fulfilled their purpose in life of being a good meal for me.
 

Dr Pepper

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So I had some bomb steak and chicken fajitas last night and all I could think of was how awesome the chicken and cow was that they fulfilled their purpose in life of being a good meal for me.

That's the beauty of it.....their purpose is not only to be a good meal for you, but for SEVERAL people!
 

John Price

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So I had some bomb steak and chicken fajitas last night and all I could think of was how awesome the chicken and cow was that they fulfilled their purpose in life of being a good meal for me.
 

Hippasus

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A very nice quote. Everybody is unique, or has the potential to be, is the message I got out of that. Ralph Waldo Emerson is wonderful.
 
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"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."

Discuss.

So I had some bomb steak and chicken fajitas last night and all I could think of was how awesome the chicken and cow was that they fulfilled their purpose in life of being a good meal for me.

So I had some bomb steak and chicken fajitas last night and all I could think of was how awesome the chicken and cow was that they fulfilled their purpose in life of being a good meal for me.

So I had some bomb steak and chicken fajitas last night and all I could think of was how awesome the chicken and cow was that they fulfilled their purpose in life of being a good meal for me.

Very applicable
 

HisIceness

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Wheres Waldo?
 

BernieParent

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"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."

Discuss.

My favourite RWE quote is: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. As an editor, I remind myself daily of my little mind.
 

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