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About Henry David Thoreau
1817 – 1862
American essayist, poet and naturalist, best known for 'Walden', his account of living simply in a cabin near Walden Pond.
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“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.”