We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, ma…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.16, Graphic Arts Books
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We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.16, Graphic Arts Books

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