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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

"A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers"

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"He is both a Yogee and a Sannyasee who performeth that which
he hath to do independent of the fruit thereof; not he who
liveth without the sacrificial fire and without action."
"He who enjoyeth but the Amreeta which is left of his
offerings, obtaineth the eternal spirit of Brahm, the Supreme."

What, after all, does the practicalness of life amount to? The
things immediate to be done are very trivial. I could postpone
them all to hear this locust sing. The most glorious fact in my
experience is not anything that I have done or may hope to do,
but a transient thought, or vision, or dream, which I have had.
I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of
all the heroes, for one true vision. But how can I communicate
with the gods who am a pencil-maker on the earth, and not be
insane?
"I am the same to all mankind," says Kreeshna; "there is not
one who is worthy of my love or hatred."
This teaching is not practical in the sense in which the New
Testament is. It is not always sound sense inpractice.


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