I do not wish to kill nor to be killed, but I can foresee circumstances in which these things would be by me unavoidable. (Henry David Thoreau)

I do not wish to kill nor to be killed, but I can foresee circumstances in which these things would be by me unavoidable.

Henry David Thoreau

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