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Did Ralph Waldo Emerson say “To be great is to be misunderstood”?

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Did Ralph Waldo Emerson say “To be great is to be misunderstood”?

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

… od, and Socrates,[187] and Jesus, and Luther,[188] and Copernicus,[189] and Galileo,[190] and Newton,[191] and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ralph Waldo Emerson, ¶196 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #16643 · source

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