If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most …

Henry David Thoreau
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If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure, that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for. ✨ Life Without Principle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, Issue 71, (pp. 484-495), 1863.
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If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure, that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for. ✨ Life Without Principle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, Issue 71, (pp. 484-495), 1863.

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