Moral qualities rule the world, but at short distances the senses are …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Moral qualities rule the world, but at short distances the senses are despotic. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. V (in 51 Volumes), p.218, Cosimo, Inc.
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Moral qualities rule the world, but at short distances the senses are despotic. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. V (in 51 Volumes), p.218, Cosimo, Inc.

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