I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
— Henry David Thoreau Modern

Civil disobedience, Walden

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Walden, Chapter 18: Conclusion

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1854

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/205/205-h/205-h.htm#link2H_4_0024

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