How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe

Henry David Thoreau
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How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for though the world is so old - and so many books have been written - each object appears wholly undescribed to our experience - each field of thought wholly unexplored - the whole world is an America - a New World. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2012). The Portable Thoreau, p.137, Penguin
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