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Henry David Thoreau, Walden & Resistance to Civil Government Quotes: It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.
         

It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.


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