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    Where in Thoreau's works can you find this line: "I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion"?

    Question #126589. Asked by tjoebigham. (Aug 15 12 11:28 AM)


    ankhsunamun1

    		I think it comes from an article called ' Walden ', by
    Thoreau......

    Aug 15 12, 12:39 PM
    looney_tunes

    		It comes from chapter 1, 'Economy' of Thoreau's book "Walden", originally published in 1854.

    http://classiclit.about.com/od/waldenhdthoreau/a/aa_waldenquote.htm

    Aug 15 12, 2:01 PM

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