Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a dist… — Henry David Thoreau

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

Henry David ThoreauAuthor · American · 1817 – 1862

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