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Henry D. Thoreau Quotation Pages

On Humor

• Especially the transcendental philosophy needs the leaven of humor to render it light and digestible. ["Thomas Carlyle and His Works"]

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• Source: Unless otherwise noted, quotations are from The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906)

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