Quote
βWe have built for this world a family mansion, and for the next a family tomb.
Explore Wisdom
What does this quotation mean?
From Economy 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.
Sources and attribution
Verified
Source: Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience , Economy
Edition: English electronic text
View reference βFrom Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Excerpt checked against the linked public-domain English edition. Korean rendering and context note by Quotations; not an authorized translation. Historical punctuation is retained; line breaks and editorial footnote markers are normalized.
Suggest an attribution correction β