Bare lists of words are found suggestive to an imaginative and excited…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Bare lists of words are found suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). The Annotated Emerson, p.209, Harvard University Press
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Bare lists of words are found suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). The Annotated Emerson, p.209, Harvard University Press

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