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Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
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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A man might well pray that he may not taboo or curse any portion of nature by being buried in it.
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Be it life or death, we crave only reality.
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A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.
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Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.
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I have not earned what I have already enjoyed.
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If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . . he will be surrounded by grandeur.
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