Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up. (Henry David Thoreau)

Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up.

Henry David Thoreau

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