The mason asks but a narrow shelf to spring his brick from; man requir…

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The mason asks but a narrow shelf to spring his brick from; man requires only an infinitely narrower one to spring his arch of faith from. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). The Heart of Thoreau's Journals, p.77, Courier Corporation
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The mason asks but a narrow shelf to spring his brick from; man requires only an infinitely narrower one to spring his arch of faith from. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). The Heart of Thoreau's Journals, p.77, Courier Corporation

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