Ralph Waldo Emerson: I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in origi

I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River when I wish to go to Bos — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.

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