They think him the best dressed man, whose dress is so fit for his use…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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They think him the best dressed man, whose dress is so fit for his use that you cannot notice or remember to describe it. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations, p.37
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They think him the best dressed man, whose dress is so fit for his use that you cannot notice or remember to describe it. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations, p.37

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