“I simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no Past at my back.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Circles (Primary source)
In this essay, Emerson discusses the idea that everything in life is constantly expanding and evolving, like concentric circles. It emphasizes the fluid and ever-changing nature of truth and knowledge.
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