The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones they are for what they are they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose. It is perfect in every moment of its existence. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones they are for what they are they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose. It is perfect in every moment of its existence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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