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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.1305, Delphi Classics
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No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.1305, Delphi Classics

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