I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his… — Henry David Thoreau
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.
Walden · 1854
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Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.
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Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.