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" A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends;... "
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series - Page 47
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903
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Quote Unquote (A Handbook of Quotations)

M.P. Singh - 2005 - 324 pages
...not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal." — Napolean Hill "Accept the place the divine providence has found...of your contemporaries, the connection of events." — Ralph Waldo Emerson "Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage...
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Emerson and Self-Culture

John T. Lysaker - 2008 - 244 pages
...he makes do with what he has been allotted, thus remaining true to the spirit of "Self- Reliance": "Accept the place the divine Providence has found for you: the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events." Putting it another way, "Experience" closes with an admittedly timid step into...
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