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Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.

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Each and All.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Ralph Waldo Emerson entry; Each and All.; Wording and named work checked in Bartlett’s published reference; literary quotations are excerpts. Source identifies the work and locator.
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Each and All.
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  • gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 17 October 2026Each and All.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Ralph Waldo Emerson entry; Each and All.; Wording and named work checked in Bartlett’s published reference; literary quotations are excerpts. Source identifies the work and locator.

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