The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequa…

Henry David Thoreau
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The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2014). Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown, p.190, Graphic Arts Books
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The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2014). Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown, p.190, Graphic Arts Books

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