And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

Thoreau, Walden

There are plenty of parts of Walden that I find tedious, but every once in a while something really catches my attention, like this.



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