How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquit…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew! ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.299, University of Georgia Press
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