Our chief want in life is someone who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend. With him we are easily great.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
“Considerations by the Way,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 7 (1860)

 
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