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In the religion of all nations a purity is hinted at, which, I fear, men never attain to.
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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Law never made men a whit more just and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.
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Music is the sound of the universal laws promulgated. It is the only assured tone. There are in it such strains as far surpass anyman's faith in the loftiness of his destiny. Things are to be learned which it will be worth the while to learn.
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