People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.

Essays: First Series (Emerson) · 1841
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Circles (1841)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Circles." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

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