The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven th…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether their be any who understand it or not. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.104, Graphic Arts Books
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