What Ralph Waldo Emerson thinks about mental models

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American essayist and lecturer (1803 to 1882); began his career as a Unitarian minister in Boston; author of essays including Self-Reliance, History, The Over-Soul and Fate.

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1. c. 1841–1847

   Our readingEvery advantage carries a cost

   Their wordsEvery thing has two sides, a good and an evil. Every advantage has its tax.

   ↗Essays, First Series (1841)gutenberg.org All 22 from this book