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God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.
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 wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
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Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.
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A man of fine perceptions is more truly feminine than a merely sentimental woman.
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Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.
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While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.
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The most primitive places left with us are the swamps, where the spruce still grows shaggy with usnea.
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The culture of the hop ... so analagous to the culture and uses of the grape, may afford a theme for future poets.
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