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There are two classes of authors: the one write the history of their times, the other their biography.
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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My facts shall be falsehoods to the common sense. I would so state facts that they shall be significant, shall be myths or mythologic. Facts which the mind perceived, thoughts which the body thought - with these I deal.
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If all were as it seems, and men made the elements their servants for noble ends!
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You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.
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You ask particularly after my health. I suppose that I have not many months to live but, of course, I know nothing about it. I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.
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