They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.84, Penguin
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They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.84, Penguin

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