We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims, p.102, Harvard University Press
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