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" A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town. "

Henry David Thoreau

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" Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder. "

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" It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? "

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" The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. "

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" We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them. "

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" There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before. "

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" So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change. This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one centre. All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant. "

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