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Henry David Thoreau Quotes: It would be no reproach to a philosopher, that he knew the future better than the past, or even than the present. It is better worth knowing.
         

It would be no reproach to a philosopher, that he knew the future better than the past, or even than the present. It is better worth knowing.


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