Genius is a light which makes darkness visible, like the li… - Henry David Thoreau

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Genius is a light which makes darkness visible, like the lightnings flash, which perchance shatters the temple of knowledge itself, —and not a taper lighted at the hearth-stone of the race, which pales before the light of common day.

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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