But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so r…

Henry David Thoreau
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But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its attractions, and becomes a very centre of civilization to you: Home is home, be it never so homely. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (1873). The Maine Woods, p.290
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But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its attractions, and becomes a very centre of civilization to you: Home is home, be it never so homely. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (1873). The Maine Woods, p.290

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