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“The same things change their names at such a rate;
For instancepassion in a lovers glorious,
But in a husband is pronounced uxorious.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“It is surprising with what impunity and comfort one who has always lain in a warm bed in a close apartment, and studiously avoided drafts of air, can lie down on the ground without a shelter, roll himself in a blanket, and sleep before a fire, in a frosty autumn night, just after a long rain-storm, and even come soon to enjoy and value the fresh air.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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