"As naturally as the oak bears an..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done.
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“When we walk, we naturally go to the fields and woods: what would become of us, if we walked only in a garden or a mall?”
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
“If a man is rich and strong anywhere, it must be on his native soil. Here I have been these forty years learning the language of these fields that I may the better express myself. If I should travel to the prairies, I should much less understand them, and my past life would serve me but ill to describe them. Many a weed here stands for more of life to me than the big trees of California would if I should go there. We need only travel enough to give our intellects an airing.”