Henry David Thoreau Quote

The journalists think that they cannot say too much in favor of such "improvements" in husbandry; it is a safe theme, like piety;but as for the beauty of one of these "model farms," I would as lief see a patent churn and a man turning it. They are, commonly, places merely where somebody is making money, it may be counterfeiting.


The Maine Woods (ed. 1873)


The journalists think that they cannot say too much in favor of such improvements in husbandry; it is a safe theme, like piety;but as for the beauty...

The journalists think that they cannot say too much in favor of such improvements in husbandry; it is a safe theme, like piety;but as for the beauty...

The journalists think that they cannot say too much in favor of such improvements in husbandry; it is a safe theme, like piety;but as for the beauty...

The journalists think that they cannot say too much in favor of such improvements in husbandry; it is a safe theme, like piety;but as for the beauty...