The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by s…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations, p.182
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The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations, p.182

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