We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities. β¨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871, p.340, University of Georgia Press
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