Henry David Thoreau Quote

As all curves have reference to their centres or foci, so all beauty of character has reference to the soul, and is a graceful gesture of recognition or waving of the body toward it.


Early spring in Massachusetts (ed. 1894)


As all curves have reference to their centres or foci, so all beauty of character has reference to the soul, and is a graceful gesture of recognition ...

As all curves have reference to their centres or foci, so all beauty of character has reference to the soul, and is a graceful gesture of recognition ...

As all curves have reference to their centres or foci, so all beauty of character has reference to the soul, and is a graceful gesture of recognition ...

As all curves have reference to their centres or foci, so all beauty of character has reference to the soul, and is a graceful gesture of recognition ...