If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a be…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. ✨ Quoted in Decatur (Ill.) Daily Republican, 19 May 1882.
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If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. ✨ Quoted in Decatur (Ill.) Daily Republican, 19 May 1882.

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