Walden

by Thoreau, Henry David (2008)

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The mean and sneaking lives we lead are concerned with: … another's brass, for some of their coins were made of brass; …lying, flattering, ... or dilating into an atmosphere of thin and vaporous generosity, that you may persuade your neighbor to let you make his shoes, or his hat, or his coat, or his carriage, or import his groceries for him; making yourselves sick, that you may lay up something against a sick day. (p.8)

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