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In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin.
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 do not see why the schoolmaster should be taxed to support the priest, and not the priest the schoolmaster.
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I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.
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