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Borrowings / compiled by ladies of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland, California.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC8 Em348 A889b
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Quotations, English.
Physical Description:
78 pages ; 18 cm
Place of Publication:
San Francisco : C. A. Murdock & Co., Printers, 1889.
Notes:
"On p. 38 is the saw, credited to Emerson, 'If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.' Authorship not proved."--Cf. BAL.
Local Notes:
Culture Class Collection copy has typewritten card with description of this book and a history for the source of the Emerson quotation laid in.
Cited in:
BAL, 5300
OCLC:
2928565

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