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Every sunset I witness inspires me with the desire to go to West as distant and as fair as that which the sun goes down. Eastward I go only by force but westward I go free.
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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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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You ask particularly after my health. I suppose that I have not many months to live but, of course, I know nothing about it. I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.
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All great enterprises are self-supporting.
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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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Man is but the place where I stand.
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The Library is a wilderness of books.
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