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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.

Source:The Journal (February 7, 1841); The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., ed. 1906), Volume VII, Chapter V, Page 204
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  • Name: Henry David Thoreau
  • Profession: Naturalist, Poet
  • Born: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
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