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Though my life is low, if my spirit looks upward habitually at an elevated angle, it is as it were redeemed.
Henry David Thoreauverified·Journal, Volume II: 1850-September 15, 1851 (ed. Bradford Torrey)·January 10, 1851
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Fatal is the discovery that our friend is fallible, that he has prejudices.
Henry David Thoreauverified·Journal, Volume II: 1850-September 15, 1851 (ed. Bradford Torrey)·February 15, 1851
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Our thoughts would imply that other men have friends, though we have not.
Henry David Thoreauverified·Journal, Volume II: 1850-September 15, 1851 (ed. Bradford Torrey)·April 29, 1851
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To the sick, indeed, nature is sick, but to the well, a fountain of health.
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The doctrines of despair, of spiritual or political tyranny or servitude, were never taught by such as shared the serenity of nature.