I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution…

Henry David Thoreau
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I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2012). The Portable Thoreau, p.83, Penguin
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I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2012). The Portable Thoreau, p.83, Penguin

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