19th century portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803- 1882) with his poem 'Friendship' . He was generally known as Waldo Emerson and was a noted American poet, lecturer and essayist who subscribed to transcendentalism philosophy, Individualism and mysticism . He coined the phrase 'Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door'

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