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Thoreau on “a harvest of thought”

“How can we expect a harvest of thought who have not had a seed-time of character?” –Henry David Thoreau

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Thoreau on Virtue & Vice

[CC licensed image by DerrickT] “I was never so rapid in my virtue but that my vice kept up with me. We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice.” –Henry David … Continue reading

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