Did Ralph Waldo Emerson say “Hitch your wagon to a star”?

Did Ralph Waldo Emerson say “Hitch your wagon to a star”?

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Hitch your wagon to a star.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature — John Bartlett, Chapter of accidents.[353-2] · ¶14927 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #27889 · source

Habeas corpus, protection of, 435. Habit, apparelled in more precious, 53. costly thy, 130. increased by actions, 745. is second nature, 779. powerful is the empire of, 709. use doth breed a, in a man, 44. Habits devil is angel yet in this, 141. ill, gather by unseen degrees, 274. of peace and patience, 207. small, well pursued, 437. Habitable world, look round the, 274. Habitants, converse with h
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature — John Bartlett, BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. · ¶21604 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #27889 · source

{456} It is not easy to fancy a writer who holds this altitude toward "persons" descending to the composition of a novel or a play. Emerson showed, indeed, a fine power of character analysis in his _English Traits_ and _Representative Men_ and in his memoirs of Thoreau and Margaret Fuller. There is even a sort of dramatic humor in his portrait of Socrates. But upon the whole he stands midway betwe
Brief History of English and American Literature — Henry A. Beers, CHAPTER IV. · ¶809 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #21090 · source

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