If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
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Henry David ThoreauWalden (1854), Conclusion
About Henry David Thoreau
American essayist and naturalist best known for Walden. (1817-1862)
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