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Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth
Drawn from what Ralph Waldo Emerson said
What Ralph Waldo Emerson actually said
- Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist and lecturer (1803 to 1882)
Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth.
Where this was said
↗Miscellanies: Nature, Addresses, and Lectures (Phillips, Sampson, 1856)gutenberg.org
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