Source: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
“The rest of our weekend—sleeping arrangements, hand-done work, hand-prepared food—was simple enough to please Thoreau, who I am convinced was a nice fellow who confused rustic vacations with life.”
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Alexei Panshin
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Rite of Passage
Source: Rite of Passage (1968), Chapter 11 (p. 157).
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