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Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.
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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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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I stand in awe of my body.
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Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage.
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I never was so rapid in my virtue but my vice kept up with me.
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The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening.
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I cannot fish without falling a little in self-respect...always when I have done I feel it would have been better if I had not fished.
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