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'''Ralph Waldo Emerson''' (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and [[Poetry|poet]] who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.

 

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Is the victim of this trope. Is wrongly attributed the phrase "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door". His actual quote on the original topic was quite different:

{{quote|''If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.''}}

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