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There are sure to be two prescriptions diametrically opposite.
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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Let us consider under what disadvantages Science has hitherto labored before we pronounce thus confidently on her progress.
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What an admirable training is science for the more active warfare of life! Indeed, the unchallenged bravery which these studies imply, is far more impressive than the trumpeted valor of the warrior.
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The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.
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My neighbors tell me of their adventures with famous gentlemen and ladies, what notabilities they met at the dinner-table but I am no more interested in such things than in the contents of the Daily Times. The interest and the conversation are about costume and manners chiefly but a goose is a goose still, dress it as you will.
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Books are for the most part willfully and hastily written, as parts of a system to supply a want real or imagined.
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The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
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Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towardsrecognizing and organizing the rights of man?
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