If in the least particular, one could derange the order of nature, who…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If in the least particular, one could derange the order of nature, who would accept the gift of life? ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.26, Harvard University Press
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