Ralph Waldo Emerson: So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must , The youth replies, I can .

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, — Ralph Waldo Emerson

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must , The youth replies, I can .

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