If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, le…

Henry David Thoreau
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If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2009). Walden, p.128, Cosimo, Inc.
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