If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1954). Basic Selections from Emerson: Essays, Poems & Apothegms
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