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Monday, December 17, 2007
Composition
Henry David Thoreau, Journal (Feb. 13, 1860):
The Scripture rule, "Unto him that hath shall be given," is true of composition. The more you have thought and written on a given theme, the more you can still write. Thought breeds thought. It grows under your hands.