The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.


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

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.