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Variation: If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods the world will make a beaten path to his door.
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Investigations have failed to confirm this in Emerson's writings (John H. Lienhard. [http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1163.htm "A better moustrap"], Engines of our Ingenuity). Also reported as a misattribution in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Nev

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