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Quotation from Walden by Henry David Thoreau
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
Walden, Conclusion (Project Gutenberg text)
Thoreau defends living by one's own sense of calling rather than by the pace set by others.
Citation: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." — Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Conclusion (Project Gutenberg text). (id walden-q6)
Portrait: Walden Thoreau, Ticknor and Fields (publisher), Public domain.
