"Old deeds for old people, and new..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
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“If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.”
“The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us.”
“If you are chosen town clerk, forsooth, you cannot go to Tierra del Fuego this summer; but you may go to the land of infernal fire nevertheless.”
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“I was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one.”
“I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation - the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election.”
“Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.”
More on Progress
“Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer.”
“We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the Old World some weeks nearer to the New; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad, flapping American ear will be that the Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough.”
“Technology is not about tools, it deals with how Man works.”