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PHILOSOPHY > philosopher, poet, essayist > Ralph Waldo Emerson
We estimate the...
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We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
Source: English Traits, Wealth, 1856.
-- 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.