Love, which is the essence of God, is not for levity, but for the tota…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Love, which is the essence of God, is not for levity, but for the total worth of man. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). Self-Reliance, the Over-Soul, and Other Essays, p.46, Coyote Canyon Press
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