I could...see in Emerson...that had he lived in those days when the wo…

Herman Melville
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I could...see in Emerson...that had he lived in those days when the world was made, he might have offered some valuable suggestions. ✨ The Letters of Herman Melville edited by Merrell R. Davis and William H. Gilman, (p. 78), 1960.
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I could...see in Emerson...that had he lived in those days when the world was made, he might have offered some valuable suggestions. ✨ The Letters of Herman Melville edited by Merrell R. Davis and William H. Gilman, (p. 78), 1960.

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