The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has its translation, through humanity, into the spiritual and necessary sphere, where it plays a part as indestructible as any other. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). Representative Men: Seven Lectures, p.7
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