Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it. ✨ 1870 Society and Solitude,'Art'.
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Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it. ✨ 1870 Society and Solitude,'Art'.

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