Henry David Thoreau:

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

— Henry David Thoreau Modern

Civil disobedience, Walden

Context

Life Without Principle

Date / Period

1863

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4226/4226-h/4226-h.htm

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

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