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I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
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 am accustomed to think very long of going anywhere,--am slow to move. I hope to hear a response of the oracle first.
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Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. Why, nature is but another name for health.
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