• How earthy old people become, moldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no foretaste of immortality in it. They remind me of earthworms and mole crickets.

  Henry David Thoreau
  American writer 1817-1862
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1. immortality
2. earthworms
3. crickets
4. wisdom
5. smacks
6. remind

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How earthy old people become, moldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no foretaste of immortality in it. They remind me of earthworms and mole crickets. by : Henry David Thoreau

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