When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ou…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.34, University of Georgia Press
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When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.34, University of Georgia Press

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