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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 [So near is grandeur to our dust...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.098.01 Author/Creator: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: circa 1860 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

"So near is grandeur to our dust, / So near is God to man, / When Duty whispers low, Thou must, / the youth replies, I can." Accompanied by a tinted photogravure (GLC05508.098.02).

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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