Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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