Astronomy taught us our insignificance in Nature. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerso…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Astronomy taught us our insignificance in Nature. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). The Portable Emerson: New Edition, p.421, Penguin
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