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Quotation from Walden by Henry David Thoreau
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
Walden, Economy (Project Gutenberg text)
Thoreau's diagnosis of his neighbors, who toil for farms and houses that own them; it introduces the case for a simpler life.
Citation: "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." — Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Economy (Project Gutenberg text). (id walden-q1)
Portrait: Walden Thoreau, Ticknor and Fields (publisher), Public domain.
