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Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,Then beauty is its own excuse for beingWhy thou wert there, O rival of the roseI never sought to ask, I never knewBut, in my simple ignorance supposeThe selfsame power that brought me there brought you.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.

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    Dígales, querido, que si los ojos se hicieron para ver, entonces la belleza es su propia excusa para saber por qué estaba allí, rival de la rosa, nunca quise preguntar, nunca supe, pero en mi simple ignorancia, supongo que el mismo poder que me llevó allí tú.

    उन्हें प्रिय बताएं, कि अगर देखने के लिए आँखें बनाई गई थीं, तो सुंदरता वहाँ रहने के लिए अपना खुद का बहाना है, ओ गुलाब के प्रतिद्वंद्वी ने कभी नहीं पूछा, मैं कभी नहीं जानता था, मेरी सरल अज्ञान सपोसिट सेल्फी पावर में जो मुझे वहां लाया आप।

    dices ad eos carissimi, quia si sunt oculi quia vident, et pulchritudo ejus se excusat per beingwhy proba dignum est, o aemulus ex rosei non quaerebant quaeritur, numquam knewbut, in simplex ignorantia supposethe eadem potestas quae protulit ibi allata vos.

    ان سے کہو کہ پیارے، اگر آنکھوں کو دیکھنے کے لئے بنایا گیا تھا، تو خوبصورتی اس کے اپنے عذر کے لئے ہے کہ آپ وہاں موجود ہو، لیکن گلاب کا حریف کبھی کبھی پوچھ گچھ نہیں چاہتا تھا، میں کبھی نہیں جانتا تھا، میری سادہ جہالت سپپوسیت خود مختار طاقت میں جس نے مجھے لایا تم.

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