He who is only a traveler learns things at second-hand and by the halv…

Henry David Thoreau
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He who is only a traveler learns things at second-hand and by the halves, and is poor authority. We are most interested when science reports what those men already know practically or instinctively, for that alone is a true humanity, or account of human experience. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, Michael McCurdy, Terry Tempest Williams (2010). Walden, p.118, Shambhala Publications
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