Henry David Thoreau: Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features; any meanness or…
Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features; any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.
In today’s wordsAny nobleness begins at once to refine a person's features; any meanness or sensuality begins to brutalize them.
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