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“The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal causation, perceives the self-existance of Truth and Right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well.” quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Download Open image

“The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal causation, perceives the self-existance of Truth and Right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Life only avails, not the having lived.

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