Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun - if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one. (Emily Dickinson)

Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun - if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.

Emily Dickinson

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