All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world; some me…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world; some men even to delight. This love of beauty is taste. Others have the same love in such success that, not content with admiring, they seek to embody it in new forms. The creation of beauty is art. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). Nature and Other Essays, p.9, Courier Corporation
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