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I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the… — Henry David Thoreau

Autobiography and memoir

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau
Walden · 1854
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Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.
Original citation
Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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