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We need only travel enough to give our intellects an airing.
Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau
Age: 44 †
Born: 1817
Born: July 12
Died: 1862
Died: May 6
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I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a Freedom and Culture merely civil, - to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society.
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It behooves every man to see that his influence is on the side of justice, and let the courts make their own characters.
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I have a great deal of company in my house especially in the morning, when nobody calls.
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I say, break the law.
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Men go to a fire for entertainment. When I see how eagerly men will run to a fire, whether in warm or in cold weather, by day or by night, dragging an engine at their heels, I'm astonished to perceive how good a purpose the level of excitement is made to serve.
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Even the utmost good-will and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody. We do not wish for Friends to feed and clothe our bodies-neighbors are kind enough for that-but to do the like office to our spirits.
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The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.
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A journal, is a book that shall contain a record of all your joy, your ecstasy, what you are grateful for.
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