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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1860
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1860
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Worship.” The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Worship." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

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