While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally i…

Henry David Thoreau
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While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2009). Walden, p.21, Cosimo, Inc.
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