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Source: May 1849 entry, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks, vol. 2; ed. by William H. Gillman, Alfred R. Ferguson, and Merrell R. Davis, 1961.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25 1803-1882), US philosopher, poet, essayist; He was the main spokesman of his time for moral optimism and belief in the individual: Self-Reliance, 1844.