This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indicatio…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.96, Harvard University Press
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