Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1847

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Thoughts Inner life Nature of life Life

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1847

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Journal entry. Aug. 1847.

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