Some men's words I remember so well that I must often use them to expr…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Some men's words I remember so well that I must often use them to express my thought. Yes, because I perceive that we have heard the same truth, but they have heard it better. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.502, Harvard University Press
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Some men's words I remember so well that I must often use them to express my thought. Yes, because I perceive that we have heard the same truth, but they have heard it better. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.502, Harvard University Press

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