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There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.
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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I think that Nature meant kindly when she made our brothers few. However, my voice is still for peace.
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It is necessary not to be Christian to appreciate the beauty and significance of the life of Christ.
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I saw that the State was half-witted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her silver spoons, and that it did not know its friends from its foes, and I lost all my remaining respect for it, and pitied it.
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