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“I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.”
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“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.”
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“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the Hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.”
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“The art of reading is to skip judiciously.”
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“It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and example, the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force.”
― The Federalist Papers
― The Federalist Papers
Emma’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
402 books
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177 friends
203 books
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75 friends
0 books
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25 friends
18 books
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23 friends
8 books
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22 friends
2 books
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10 friends
16 books
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18 friends
9 books
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24 friends
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