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Theory must also take into account the human element; it must accord a place to courage, to boldness, even to rashness.
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To not only take risks, but to be open to life. To accept new views and to be open to new opinions.
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The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts.
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See that you do nothing like a sheep; but if you do, in this case also the man is lost.
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Fears vanish as soon as one is fairly free in the wilderness.
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Great men, I say, often rejoice at crosses of fortune just as brave soldiers do at wars.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist
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I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emersonmisattributed·Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers, by Muriel Strode, in The Open Court, Volume XVII, Number 567·August 1903
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Universally attributed to Emerson, and it is in none of his essays, journals or letters. It is Muriel Strode, an American writer almost nobody has heard of, in the August 1903 issue of The Open Court. The rewriting is the interesting part: Strode wrote a vow in the first person about herself, and the version that circulates has been turned into an instruction issued to somebody else. Do not go where the path may lead is not what she said. I will not follow is.