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Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (Representative Men Quotes)

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Source:(Phillips, Sampson & Co., ed. 1850), Essay II. Plato; or, the Philosopher, Page 47

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Genius

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (Representative Men Quotes)

Book: Representative Men
Writer: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genre: Essays
Published: 1850
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