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Futurecabinboy
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# Posted: 20 May 2008 18:09
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{If it is asserted that civilization is a real advance in the condition of man, and I think that it is, it must be shown that it has produced better dwellings without making them more costly; and the cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.}
I have dragged this little quotation around with me for so long now that I am not 100% sure who I am quoting, perhaps someone here can help with that. I would like to hear any comments.
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Crash
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# Posted: 26 May 2008 03:20
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"If it is asserted that civilization is a real advance in the condition of man,... it must be shown that it has produced better dwellings without making them more costly; and the cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run".
Henry Thoreau: 1817-1861
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RickandRandy
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# Posted: 1 Feb 2010 16:18
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Wow, that really makes you think.... I have heard so much about Walden's Pond by Thoreau, but have not read it yet. It speaks to alot of cabiners and off-the-gridders.
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lawnjocky
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# Posted: 8 Feb 2010 08:18
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Thoreau was a momma's boy who visited home everyday for milk and cookies while he was living in his cabin. He didn't walk the talk.
Jocko
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2010 00:21
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Quoting: lawnjocky Thoreau was a momma's boy who visited home everyday for milk and cookies while he was living in his cabin. He didn't walk the talk. Jocko
Yes, a left winger, would be equivalent to modern day hippies environmental extremist. Agreed a mommas boy. I'm sure he would want to ban cabin building as soon as he got his finished.
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