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By Henry David Thoreau
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
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- Walden; or, Life in the Woods, 1854 · Conclusion, p. 346
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- Internet Archive (Boston Public Library scan of the Ticknor and Fields edition)
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From the chapter "Conclusion" of Walden; or, Life in the Woods (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854). This is the text of the first edition.