Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. ✨…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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