The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure, that it is…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose helps. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). Self-Reliance, the Over-Soul, and Other Essays, p.28, Coyote Canyon Press
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