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To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be madeby the reception of beautiful sentiments.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beautiful, Men, Miracle
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.81, Penguin
To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be madeby the reception of beautiful sentiments.