Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whol…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). Essays and Lectures, p.18, Library of America
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