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“Where there is not discernment, the behavior even of the purest soul may in effect amount to coarseness.” quote by Henry David Thoreau — Download Open image

“Where there is not discernment, the behavior even of the purest soul may in effect amount to coarseness.”

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A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.

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