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Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid.
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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If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.
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