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All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.

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 would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.
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