The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing …

Henry David Thoreau
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The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (1960). H. D. Thoreau, a Writer's Journal, p.93, Courier Corporation
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The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (1960). H. D. Thoreau, a Writer's Journal, p.93, Courier Corporation

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