Henry David Thoreau quote: I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the ...

I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

~ Henry David Thoreau ~

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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

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