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I do not hesitate to read all the books I have named, and all good books, in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable—any real insight or broad human sentiment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Books · 1870

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“I do not hesitate to read all the books I have named, and all good books, in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable—any real insight or broad human sentiment.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Books, 1870 · Primary source

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1 authors · 1 works · 2 themes · 5 tags
Authors
Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist and philosopher
Works
Books Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1870
Themes
Ideas can cross linguistic boundariesHuman insight beyond original wording
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TranslationReadingHuman experienceIdeas
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