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Thoreau, Henry David Life Without Principle 1863 p.1 Book Thoreau
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Life Without Principle

by Thoreau, Henry David (1863)

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If I do this, most will commend me as an industrious and hard-working man; but if I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on me as an idler. (p.1)

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