A man in reserve

[birdonthewire]

Some men make their due impression upon their generation, because a petty occasion is enough to call forth all their energies; but are there not others who would rise to much higher levels, whom the world has never provoked to make the effort? I believe there are men now living who have never opened their mouths in a public assembly, in whom

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[shaluvk]

Viva Thoreau and the quiet harborers of wells of eloquence.

[birdonthewire]

Amen to that!