It is only when mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is only when mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen. If the intellect were always awake, and every noble sentiment, the man might go in huckaback or mats, and his dress would be admired and imitated. ✨ The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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It is only when mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen. If the intellect were always awake, and every noble sentiment, the man might go in huckaback or mats, and his dress would be admired and imitated. ✨ The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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