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“The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a gem; the sailor, coral and shells; the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing…. It is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy me something, which does not represent your life and talent.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a gem; the sailor, coral and shells; the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing…. It is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy me something, which does not represent your life and talent.