We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn ove…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1959). Emerson: A Modern Anthology
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We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1959). Emerson: A Modern Anthology

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