Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Other…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life, p.367
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Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life, p.367

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