In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious t…

Henry David Thoreau
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In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line. ✨ 'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'
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In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line. ✨ 'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'

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