Ralph Waldo Emerson: Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for i — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live.

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