The sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the pla…

Henry David Thoreau
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The sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, Joseph O. Valentine, Thoreau Society (2001). Thoreau on Land: Nature's Canvas, p.37, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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