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Beach Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most…” quote by Henry David Thoreau
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“The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world. It is even a trivial place. The waves forever rolling to the land are too far-travelled and untamable to be familiar. Creeping along the endless beach amid the sun-squall and the foam, it occurs to us that we, too, are the product of sea-slime.”

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