The inevitable effect of a close-looked-at thing is that it ... - William Tecumseh Sherman

"The inevitable effect of a close-looked-at thing is that it ceases to be something looked at and becomes something seen."

William Tecumseh Sherman Wisdom

Military General American 1820–1891

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