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Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man.
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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The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.
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I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.
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