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By closing the eyes and slumbering, and consenting to be deceived by shows, men establish and confirm their daily life of routine and habit every where, which still is built on purely illusory foundations.
— The Norton anthology of American Literature by Nina Baym, Wayne Franklin, Philip F. Gura, and 6 others (Page 895)
From Walden, by Henry David Thoreau