The English did not come to America from a mere love of adventure, nor to truck with or convert the savages, nor to hold offices under the crown, as the French to a great extent did, but to live in earnest and with freedom.


The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (ed. 1803)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

The English did not come to America from a mere love of adventure, nor to truck with or convert the savages, nor to hold offices under the crown, as...

The English did not come to America from a mere love of adventure, nor to truck with or convert the savages, nor to hold offices under the crown, as...

The English did not come to America from a mere love of adventure, nor to truck with or convert the savages, nor to hold offices under the crown, as...

The English did not come to America from a mere love of adventure, nor to truck with or convert the savages, nor to hold offices under the crown, as...