A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The uses of travel are occasional, and short; but the best fruit it finds, when it finds it, is conversation; and this is a main function of life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Best Conversation Finds Fruit Function Life Main Occasional Short Travel Uses

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American - Philosopher
May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

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