I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry,…

Henry David Thoreau
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I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, David Gross (2007). The Price of Freedom: Political Philosophy from Thoreau's Journals, p.98, David M Gross
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