The Writings of Henry David Thoreau ....

Disease is the Rule of Existence

Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has company enough. Now, at midsummer…

Jun 11, 2012 1

• disease
• parasites