• We shall see but little way if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding! How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile!

  Henry David Thoreau
  American writer 1817-1862
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. understanding
2. meanwhile
3. greater
4. seeing

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We shall see but little way if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding! How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile! by : Henry David Thoreau

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