Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds p…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart. ✨ Society and Solitude. Book by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Success, 1870.
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