Nature may be as selfishly studied as trade. Astronomy to the selfish …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Nature may be as selfishly studied as trade. Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology; psychology, mesmerism (with intent to show where aour spoons are gone); and anatomy and physiology become phrenology and palmistry. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). Emerson's Essays: Top Essays, p.102, 谷月社
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Nature may be as selfishly studied as trade. Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology; psychology, mesmerism (with intent to show where aour spoons are gone); and anatomy and physiology become phrenology and palmistry. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). Emerson's Essays: Top Essays, p.102, 谷月社

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