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A feeble man can see the farms that are fenced and tilled the houses that are built. The strong man sees the possible houses and farms. His eye makes estates as fast as the sun breeds clouds.
A feeble man can see the farms that are fenced and tilled the houses that are built. The strong man sees the possible houses and farms. His eye makes estates as fast as the sun breeds clouds.
Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial
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