Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.


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

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.

Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.

Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.

Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.