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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. — Henry David Thoreau

Autobiography and memoir

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Henry David Thoreau
Walden · 1854
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Topic
The massesThe human condition
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Time
1854
Person
Henry David Thoreau
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Current citation
Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.
Original citation
Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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