Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Henry David Thoreau · Walden
Wisdom & life
“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit…”
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau
- Work
- Walden
- Year
- 1854
- Chapter / part
- Reading
- Length
- 16 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #205
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Henry David Thoreau died in 1862, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1854. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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