A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes t…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). The Annotated Emerson, p.427, Harvard University Press
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A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). The Annotated Emerson, p.427, Harvard University Press

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