I found in myself, and still find, an instinct toward a higher, or, as it is named, spiritual life, as do most men, and another toward a primitive rank and savage one, and I reverence them both. I love the wild not less than the good. β¨ Henry David Thoreau (1995). Walden, Or, Life in the Woods, p.136, Courier Corporation
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- I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. β¨ Henry David Thoreau (20 β¦ βΆ
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