The gates of thought, how slow and late they discover themselves Yet when they appear, we see that they were always there, always open. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The gates of thought, how slow and late they discover themselves Yet when they appear, we see that they were always there, always open.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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