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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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1841
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Meaning of “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

Enthusiasm is treated as the emotional force that turns ideas into sustained effort rather than leaving them as passive intentions.

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Essay “Circles,” in Essays: First Series; the line closes a passage about energetic action.

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