The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midni…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.11, Harvard University Press
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The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.11, Harvard University Press

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