A man is a little thing whilst he works by and for himself, but, when …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A man is a little thing whilst he works by and for himself, but, when he gives voice to the rules of love and justice, is godlike, his word is current in all countries; and all men, though his enemies, are made his friends and obey it as their own. ✨ Emerson's Works.
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What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). The Annotated Emerson, p.176, Harvard University Press
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A man is a little thing whilst he works by and for himself, but, when he gives voice to the rules of love and justice, is godlike, his word is current in all countries; and all men, though his enemies, are made his friends and obey it as their own. ✨ Emerson's Works.

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