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We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men, Light, Giving
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.418
We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.