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The savage in man is never quite eradicated. — Henry David Thoreau

Personal journal

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Henry David Thoreau
1859
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Nature of man
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Personal journal
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1859
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Henry David Thoreau
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Thoreau, Henry David. Journal entry. 26 Sept. 1859.

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