In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not that he was great. It took a century or two for that fact to appear. What he did, he did, he did because he must; it was the most natural thing in the world, and grew out of the circumstances of the moment. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). The Portable Emerson: New Edition, p.158, Penguin
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