Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.3208, Delphi Classics
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Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.3208, Delphi Classics

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