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By Henry David Thoreau
Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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- Walden; or, Life in the Woods, 1854 · The Village, p. 185
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- Internet Archive (Boston Public Library scan of the Ticknor and Fields edition)
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From the chapter "The Village" of Walden; or, Life in the Woods (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854). This is the text of the first edition.