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Henry David Thoreau Quotes: You must ascend a mountain to learn your relation to matter, and so to your own body, for it is at home there, though you are not.
         

You must ascend a mountain to learn your relation to matter, and so to your own body, for it is at home there, though you are not.


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This page presents the quote "You must ascend a mountain to learn your relation to matter, and so to your own body, for it is at home there, though you are not.". Author of this quote is Henry David Thoreau. This quote is about matter, body, relation, mountain, home,.