My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects. ✨ R…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2011). Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.304, Penguin
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My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2011). Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.304, Penguin

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