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A journal, is a book that shall contain a record of all your joy, your ecstasy, what you are grateful for.
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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There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
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Heaven might be defined as the place which men avoid.
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