There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existen…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). The Portable Emerson: New Edition, p.125, Penguin
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