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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Life is too short to waste
The critic bite or cynic bark,
Quarrel, or reprimand;
'Twill soon be dark;
Up! mind thine own aim, and
God speed the mark!
--
To J.W., st. 4.

 
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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