Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 658 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) |
| QUOTATION: | I must walk toward Oregon, and not toward Europe. And that way the nation is moving, and I may say that mankind progress from east to west…. We go eastward to realize history and study the works of art and literature, retracing the steps of the race; we go westward as into the future, with a spirit of enterprise and adventure. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | See note at No. 657. |
| SUBJECTS: | Freedom |