It is true, these Roman Catholics, priests and all, impress...

It is true, these Roman Catholics, priests and all, impress me as a people who have fallen far behind the significance of their symbols. It is as if an ox had strayed into a church and were trying to bethink himself. Nevertheless, they are capable of reverence; but we Yankees are a people in whom this sentiment has nearly died out, and in this respect we cannot bethink ourselves even as oxen.

Henry David Thoreau Quote About Yankees, Oxen, People: It Is True These Roman...

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