Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The wisdom of Henry David Thoreau
My family and I lived for several years in Sudbury (MA) and my office was in Concord nearby. Our three sons learned to swim in Walden Pond until classes were no longer conducted at this historical site. Henry David Thoreau…
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