In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838, p.260, Harvard University Press
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In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838, p.260, Harvard University Press

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