Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of chance. ✨ Ralph W…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of chance. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). Essays and Lectures, p.282, Library of America
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