gives that piquancy to the conversation of a strong-natured farmer or backwoodsman, which all men relish. A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love... The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 17by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904Full view - About this book
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