Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation
Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
Current Citation
Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.