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Henry David Thoreau

“To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face? We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”

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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (Penguin Great Ideas) Where I Lived, and What I Lived For by Henry David Thoreau
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