No, no; if the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after… — Walden

Walden — Henry David Thoreau

No, no; if the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone. Let our lakes receive as true names at least as the Icarian Sea, where "still the shore" a "brave attempt resounds."

Place: ¶351
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