We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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