Nations are possessed with an insane ambition to perpetuate the memory of themselves by the amount of hammered stone they leave. What if equal pains were taken to smooth and polish their manners?
Henry David ThoreauI am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no sabbath.
Henry David ThoreauIt is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you and I.
Henry David Thoreau