A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors for the expression of all his history, and his wants. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors for the expression of all his history, and his wants.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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