When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe. ✨ Ral…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.1362, Delphi Classics
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