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It is not the part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
Source:
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., ed. 1906), Volume V, Page 236
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Book:
Walking
Writer:
Henry David Thoreau
Genre:
Philosophy
Published:
1861
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