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As we looked up in silence to those distant lights, we were reminded that it was a rare imagination which first taught that the stars are worlds, and had conferred a great benefit on mankind.
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 can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
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