Miles Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit.” quote by Henry David Thoreau — Download Open image

“I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit.”

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