The customs of some savage nations might, perchance, be profitably imitated by us, for they at least go through the semblance of casting their slough annually; they have the idea of the thing, whether they have the reality or not.


The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (ed. 1906)


The customs of some savage nations might, perchance, be profitably imitated by us, for they at least go through the semblance of casting their slough ...

The customs of some savage nations might, perchance, be profitably imitated by us, for they at least go through the semblance of casting their slough ...

The customs of some savage nations might, perchance, be profitably imitated by us, for they at least go through the semblance of casting their slough ...

The customs of some savage nations might, perchance, be profitably imitated by us, for they at least go through the semblance of casting their slough ...