Did Ralph Waldo Emerson say “We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”?

Did Ralph Waldo Emerson say “We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”?

Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Source and location below.

… tricity the air would rot, and without this violence of direction which men and women have, without a spice of bigot and fanatic, no excitement, no efficiency. We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it. And when now and then comes along some sad, sharp-eyed man, who sees how paltry a game is played, and refuses to play, but blabs the secret;--how then? is the bird flown? O no, the wary Nature sends a new troop of fairer forms,
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ralph Waldo Emerson, ¶347 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #16643 · source

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