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“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.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson · Books. Illustrated QuoteGeek card.

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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.

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Books

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