Probe the universe in a myriad of points. ... He is a wise man who has…

Henry David Thoreau
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Probe the universe in a myriad of points. ... He is a wise man who has taken many views; to whom stones and plants and animals and a myriad of objects have each suggesting something, contributed something. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, David Gross (2007). The Price of Freedom: Political Philosophy from Thoreau's Journals, p.5, David M Gross
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