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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). The Portable Emerson: New Edition, p.340, Penguin
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Our strength grows out of our weakness. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). Essays and Lectures, p.298, Library of America
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We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). The Portable Emerson: New Edition, p.340, Penguin

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