All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity af…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871, p.34, University of Georgia Press
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All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871, p.34, University of Georgia Press

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