In times when the government imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also the prison.
- Henry David Thoreau
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I knew a guy who who was a highly placed person at Harvard College, and had gone to the College for his undergraduate education. I'll call him "Dean." Prior to his attending Harvard, he had already become a major fan of Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau, of course, went to Harvard.
1) Away, by Amy Bloom. The prose is perfect. It's the best written new novel you'll read this year, and that's saying something, since Ian McEwan also came out with a new novel.
One world at a time.
- Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau offers without qualification some complaints about a paper in a glamour journal, ending with: