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"For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself."

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About Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, naturalist, and philosopher associated with Transcendentalism. He is best known for Walden and Civil Disobedience, works that influenced environmental thought and civil rights movements.

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