I do not hesitate to read. . . all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable --any real insight or broad human sentiment. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

I do not hesitate to read. . . all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable --any real insight or broad human sentiment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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