Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as … - Henry David Thoreau

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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau (12 July 1817 – 6 May 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.

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Birth Name: David Henry Thoreau

Alternative Names: Thoreau • Henry D. Thoreau • Henry Thoreau

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Reading the classics, or conversing with those old Greeks and Latins in their surviving works, is like walking amid the stars and constellations.

Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. - Henry David Thoreau

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