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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Quotes

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

Source:(James Munroe and Co., ed. 1849), Page 359
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Henry David Thoreau (A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Quotes)
  • Book: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
  • Writer: Henry David Thoreau
  • Genre: Philosophy, Travel
  • Published: 1849
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