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"Used the phrase “primitive minds” referring to a Native American tribe.

History of the Mormon migration and settlement in Utah."
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“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”
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Erasmus
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Henry David Thoreau
“Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.”
Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

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