The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor. (Henry David Thoreau)

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor.

Henry David Thoreau

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