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Henry David Thoreau Quotes: The higher the mountain on which you stand, the less change in the prospect from year to year, from age to age. Above a certain height there is no change.
         

The higher the mountain on which you stand, the less change in the prospect from year to year, from age to age. Above a certain height there is no change.


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