A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flash…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). Emerson's Essays: Top Essays, p.41, 谷月社
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