Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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