The other thing that happened in 1883 was my reading of Thoreau's Walden.
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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden, 1854
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden (1854)
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Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden (1854)
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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
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What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden, 1854
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden, 1854
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden, Economy, 1854
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The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden, 1854
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It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
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To You
Well if the same thing happened to you
Would you still put me through what you put me through?
If it happened to you. what if it happened to you?
What if it happened a man kept shaking you down
But you cant get a ride to his side of town?
If it happened to you. what if it happened to you?
What if happened to you? keep it out of my shoes.
And if youre stepping on toes, keep it outta my nose.
cos if the same thing happened to me
Well, it wont be as bad as it used to be.
If it happened toyou. what if it happened to you?
What if it happened to you?
What if it happened to you?
What if it happened to you, too?
What if it happens to you?
What if it happens to you?
What if happens to you? keep it out of my shoes.
And if youre stepping on toes, keep it outta my nose.
cos if the same thing happened to me
Well, it wont be as bad as it used to be.
If it happened to you. what if it happened to you?
What if it happened to you?
What am I going to do?
What if it happened to you?
Well, what if happened to you?
* repeat until fade: what if happened to you?
song performed by by Paul McCartney
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The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden (1854)
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Petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden
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Same Thing Happened To Me
Moonlight shining on the back of my hand
Cat fight rattlin the garbage can
Looks like somethin chased you up a tree
Same thing, same thing happened to me
Wild wind blowing down the neck of my shirt
Old men sitting on a bench in the dirt
Seems that another ship has gone out to sea
Same thing, same thing happened to me
Shoe shine someones got to tell ya the news
A fine line separates a boy from the blues
Looks like you could use some company
Same thing, same thing happened to me
Runnin, runnin just as fast as I can
Someone, someone take a hold of my hand
Looks like somethin chased you up a tree
Same thing, same thing happened to me
Same thing, same thing happened to me.
song performed by by John Prine
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I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden, 1854
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Things do not change, we change.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau in Walden, 1854
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