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Men reverence one another, not yet God.
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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Every man must walk to the beat of his own drummer.
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The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage.
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