To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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