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Our expense is almost all for conformity. it is for cake that we run in debt; 'tis not the intellect, not the heart, not beauty, not worship, that costs so much.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Our Expense Is Almost All For Conformity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our expense is almost all for conformity. it is for cake that we run in debt; 'tis not the intellect, not the heart, not beauty, not worship, that costs so much.
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