As a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind, so, one w…

Henry David Thoreau
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As a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind, so, one would say, where there is a lull of truth, an institution springs up. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2014). Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown, p.226, Graphic Arts Books
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