To fill the hour—that is happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To fill the hour—that is happiness.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: Second Series (Emerson) · 1844

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Happiness Killing time Spending time

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Time

1844

Person

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Experience (1844)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Original citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Experience." Essays: Second Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1844.

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