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Henry David Thoreau Quotes
	There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve. Henry David Thoreau Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Type: Author Quotes Category: American Author Quotes Date of Birth: July 12, 1817 Date of Death: May 6, 1862 Nationality: American Amazon: Henry David Thoreau on Amazon	Related Authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Gertrude Stein Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Mark Twain Susan Sontag Henry Miller Edwin Louis Cole
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