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How rapidly the young twigs shoot—the herbs, trees, shrubs no sooner leaf out than they shoot forward surprisingly, as if they had acquired a head by… - Henry David Thoreau
" "How rapidly the young twigs shoot—the herbs, trees, shrubs no sooner leaf out than they shoot forward surprisingly, as if they had acquired a head by being repressed so long.... Many do most of their growing for the year in a week or two at this season. They shoot—they spring—and the rest of the year they harden and mature, and perhaps have a second spring in the latter part of summer or in the fall.
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About Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (12 July 1817 – 6 May 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
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