Henry David Thoreau Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
Birthday: July 12
Death: May 6
The customs of some savage nations might, perchance, be profitably imitated by us, for they at least go through the semblance of casting their slough annually; they have the idea of the thing, whether they have the reality or not.
source: Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.189, Penguin
topic: Reality, Ideas, Savages, Semblance, Slough
