It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men. (Henry David Thoreau)

It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men.

Henry David Thoreau

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