“The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.”
Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is a book by Henry David Thoreau . It is ostensibly the narrative of a boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire, and back, that Thoreau took with his brother John in 1839. John died of tetanus in 1842 and Thoreau wrote the book, in part, as a tribute to his memory.
“This world is but canvas to our imaginations.”
Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Variant: The world is but a canvas to the imagination. <br class="br">Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/7cncd10.txt (1849), Wednesday
Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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“Friends… they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.”
Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
“Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.”
Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
