• Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

  Henry David Thoreau
  American writer 1817-1862
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1. inventions
2. unimproved
3. improved
4. things
5. means

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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. by : Henry David Thoreau

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