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“There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hands.
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From Sounds of Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. Read the surrounding argument as well as the excerpt; its historical language and philosophical assumptions shape its meaning.
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Source: Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience , Sounds
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