Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel; it will not…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). The Annotated Emerson, p.39, Harvard University Press
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Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). The Annotated Emerson, p.39, Harvard University Press

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