“ all good things are wild and free. ”
Henry David Thoreau, Walking (1851). copy citation
| Author | Henry David Thoreau |
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| Source | Walking |
| Topic | freedom goodness wildness |
| Date | 1851 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1022/1022-h/1022-h.htm |
Context
“I confess that I am partial to these wild fancies, which transcend the order of time and development. They are the sublimest recreation of the intellect. The partridge loves peas, but not those that go with her into the pot.
In short, all good things are wild and free. There is something in a strain of music, whether produced by an instrument or by the human voice—take the sound of a bugle in a summer night, for instance,—which by its wildness, to speak without satire, reminds me of the cries emitted by wild beasts in their native forests.” source
In short, all good things are wild and free. There is something in a strain of music, whether produced by an instrument or by the human voice—take the sound of a bugle in a summer night, for instance,—which by its wildness, to speak without satire, reminds me of the cries emitted by wild beasts in their native forests.” source
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