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Gifts

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Narrated by: Phil Paonessa
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Summary

In Gifts, Ralph Waldo Emerson muses on the function of and expectations surrounding the giving of gifs. He touches on what gifts communicate about the nature of the giver and receiver and how the best kind of gift is a gift of love.

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