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The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more vulgar companions.

Henry David Thoreau
Nature, Civilization, Lasts
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.49, Penguin
The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more vulgar companions.