Ralph Waldo Emerson: A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal.

A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as muc — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal.

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