If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day he is in danger of being regarded as Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

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