The heroic books, even if printed in the.... : Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“ The heroic books, even if printed in the character of our mother tongue, will always be in a language dead to degenerate times; and we must laboriously seek the meaning of each word and line, conjecturing a larger sense than common use permits out of what wisdom and valor and generosity we have. ”

Henry David Thoreau
  • From : Walden
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