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Henry David Thoreau Quotes
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Source:
The Journal (August 19, 1851); The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., ed. 1906), Volume VIII, Chapter VII, Page 404
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Name:
Henry David Thoreau
Profession:
Naturalist, Poet
Born:
July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
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