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title: "1 Present Way Quotes By Tom Brown, Jr"
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> [If today I had a young mind to direct, to start on the journey of life, and I was faced with the duty of choosing between the natural way of my forefathers and that of the... present way of civilization,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/if-today-i-had-a-young-mind-to-direct-to-start-on-the-journey-of-life/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

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## More by Tom Brown, Jr

> [The first track is the end of a string. At the far end, a being is moving; a mystery, dropping a hint about itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/the-first-track-is-the-end-of-a-string-at-the-far-end-a-being-is/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [A prison! heav'ns, I loath the hated name, Famine's metropolis, the sink of shame, A nauseous sepulchre, whose craving womb Hourly inters poor mortals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/a-prison-heav-ns-i-loath-the-hated-name-famine-s-metropolis-the-sink/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [A lost trail always extends beyond the evidence, and even the trails we find are only fragments of the trails that lie beyond our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/a-lost-trail-always-extends-beyond-the-evidence-and-even-the-trails/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [Complacency makes one as guilty as those who destroy the Earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/complacency-makes-one-as-guilty-as-those-who-destroy-the-earth/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [I don't see how anybody could have a passion for nature without having an equally developed tolerance for the cold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/i-don-t-see-how-anybody-could-have-a-passion-for-nature-without/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/evil-can-be-a-teacher-if-you-look-at-the-wisdom-of-its-negative-power/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/we-learned-to-be-patient-observers-like-the-owl-we-learned-cleverness/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [We walk ourselves into ruts so deep we cannot see over them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/we-walk-ourselves-into-ruts-so-deep-we-cannot-see-over-them/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/the-place-where-you-lose-the-trail-is-not-necessarily-the-place-where/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [There are paths and ruts in the spirit world as there are in the physical and mental world. One must take the tools of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/there-are-paths-and-ruts-in-the-spirit-world-as-there-are-in-the/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [Immerse yourself in nature’s symphony and let your senses burst with joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/immerse-yourself-in-nature-s-symphony-and-let-your-senses-burst-with/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [If today I had a young mind to direct, to start on the journey of life, and I was faced with the duty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/if-today-i-had-a-young-mind-to-direct-to-start-on-the-journey-of-life/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

> [If we are going to allow somebody to request a recount, the intent obviously is that you expect a recount to be included.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/if-we-are-going-to-allow-somebody-to-request-a-recount-the-intent/)

[Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/)

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