Ralph Waldo Emerson: I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instea

I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of m — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.

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