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Which element is analogous to the oyster's wound in this analogy?

defect of temper

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talents of men
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by ralph waldo emerson (excerpt)

no man has a thorough acquaintance with the hindrances or talents of men, until he has suffered from the one, and seen the triumph of the other over his own want of the same. has he a defect of temper that unfits him to live in society? thereby he is driven to entertain himself alone, and acquire habits of self-; and thus, like the wounded oyster, he mends his shell with pearl.

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