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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1161 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) |
| QUOTATION: | Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | HENRY DAVID THOREAU, journal entry, April 11, 1852.—The Heart of Thoreau’s Journals, ed. Odell Shepard, p. 126 (1927). |
| SUBJECTS: | Man |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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