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It is wise to write on many subjects, to try many themes, that so you may find the right and inspiring one.... You must try a thousand themes before … - Henry David Thoreau
" "It is wise to write on many subjects, to try many themes, that so you may find the right and inspiring one.... You must try a thousand themes before you find the right one, as nature makes a thousand acorns to get one oak.
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About Henry David Thoreau
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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