The newspaper is a Bible which we read every morning and every afternoon, standing and sitting, riding and walking. It is a Biblewhich every man carries in his pocket, which lies on every table and counter, and which the mail, and thousands of missionaries, are continually dispersing. It is, in short, the only book which America has printed, and which America reads. So wide is its influence.
Henry David ThoreauPerhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man.
Henry David ThoreauCold and hunger seem more friendly to my nature than those methods which men have adopted and advise to ward them off.
Henry David Thoreau