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

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


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



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