There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice t…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1968). Nature: With an Introd., a Note on the Text
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There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1968). Nature: With an Introd., a Note on the Text

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