Feet Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When a man thinks happily, he finds no foot-track in the field he traverses. All spontaneous thought is irrespective of all else.” quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Download Open image

“When a man thinks happily, he finds no foot-track in the field he traverses. All spontaneous thought is irrespective of all else.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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