In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled up in each man's skin, - seven or eight ancestors at least, and they constitute the variety of notes for that new piece of music which his life is. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.5, Harvard University Press
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