In conversation the game is, to say something new with old words. And …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In conversation the game is, to say something new with old words. And you shall observe a man of the people picking his way along, step by step, using every time an old boulder, yet never setting his foot on an old place. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1959). Emerson: A Modern Anthology
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In conversation the game is, to say something new with old words. And you shall observe a man of the people picking his way along, step by step, using every time an old boulder, yet never setting his foot on an old place. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1959). Emerson: A Modern Anthology

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