Thoreau

Jan 29, 2009 21:21

"Nature is right, but man is straight. She erects no beams, she slants no rafters, and yet she builds stronger and truer than he. Everywhere she preaches not abstract but practical truth -- She is no beauty at her toilet, but her cheek is flushed with exercise. The moss grows over her triangles. Unlike the man of science she teaches that skeletons ( Read more... )

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mywornoutmasks February 1 2009, 00:53:27 UTC
Some beautiful quotes. What got you interested in Thoreau?

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ragnar1787 February 2 2009, 02:38:12 UTC
always liked the chap.. been reading him recently as a model for a certain Indian-raised Holy clone

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