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The power which resides in man is new in nature and none but he knows what that is which he can do nor does he until he has tried.

The power which resides in man is new in nature and none but he knows what that is which he can do nor does he until he has tried.

Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial
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