It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or orni…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson (1904). The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson (1904). The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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