It takes a man of genius to travel in his own country, in his native village; to make any progress between his door and his gate.


Journal, ed. by B. Torrey, 1837-1846, 1850-Nov. 3, 1861 (ed. 1906)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

It takes a man of genius to travel in his own country, in his native village; to make any progress between his door and his gate.

It takes a man of genius to travel in his own country, in his native village; to make any progress between his door and his gate.

It takes a man of genius to travel in his own country, in his native village; to make any progress between his door and his gate.

It takes a man of genius to travel in his own country, in his native village; to make any progress between his door and his gate.