I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, o…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1962). The Portable Emerson
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