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Henry David Thoreau: The mass never...

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The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.

Source: Journals, 1906, entry for 14 Mar 1838.
-- Henry David Thoreau, (Jul 12 1817-1862), US essayist, poet, naturalist; He is best known for his description of life at Walden Pond, Walden, 1854 and his essay Civil Disobedience, 1849.


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