"We boast of our system of education,..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
We boast of our system of education, but why stop at schoolmasters and schoolhouses? We are all schoolmasters, and our schoolhouse is the universe. To attend chiefly to the desk or schoolhouse while we neglect the scenery in which it is placed is absurd. If we do not look out we shall find our find schoolhouse standing in a cow-yard at last.
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“We 've wholly forgotten how to die. But be sure you do die nevertheless. Do your work, and finish it. If you know how to begin, you will know when to end.”
“What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside.”
“We are all of us more or less active physiognomists.”
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“Be a student, not a follower. Take interest in what someone says, then debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.”
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“I'm not educated; I'd be a damn fool if I was (educated)!”