We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea whi…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.26, Graphic Arts Books
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