We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea whi…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.26, Graphic Arts Books
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