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A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it than by the woods and swamps that surround it. - Henry David Thoreau
Attribution: Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist. “Walking” (1862), in The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, vol. 5, p. 229, Houghton Mifflin (1906).

Categories: Author, Naturalist, Nature Versus Civilization, Philosopher, Religion, Towns (country)

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