Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?
Henry David ThoreauI have made a short excursion into the new world which the Indian dwells in, or is. He begins where we leave off.
Henry David ThoreauConsider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidรฆ, yet the police will not let a couple of Irishmen have a private sparring- match on one of them, as it is a government monopoly; all the great seaports are in a boxing attitude, and you must sail prudently between two tiers of stony knuckles before you come to feel the warmth of their breasts.
Henry David Thoreau