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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.
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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What is the singing of birds, or any natural sound, compared with the voice of one we love.
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It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name, but is the overwhelming authority and respectability of mankind combined. Men reverence one another, not yet God.
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Read not the Times, read the Eternities.
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The country is an archipelago of lakes,--the lake-country of New England.
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A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart.
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The higher the mountain on which you stand, the less change in the prospect from year to year, from age to age. Above a certain height there is no change.
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The fishermen say that the thundering of the pond scares the fishes and prevents their biting.
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