| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 905 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry David Thoreau (181762) |
| QUOTATION: | If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Walden, chapter 18, p. 430 (1966). Originally published in 1854. |
| SUBJECTS: | Individual |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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