There is a good ear, in some men, that draws supplies to virtue out of…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is a good ear, in some men, that draws supplies to virtue out of very indifferent nutriment. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations, p.199
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There is a good ear, in some men, that draws supplies to virtue out of very indifferent nutriment. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations, p.199

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