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Letters to Various Persons

Letters to Various Persons
Henry David Thoreau
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“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?”

Henry David Thoreau Letters to Various Persons

Letter to Harrison Blake (16 November 1857)
Source: Letters to Various Persons

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