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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. — Henry David Thoreau

Autobiography and memoir

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Henry David Thoreau
Walden · 1854
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Seeking the truthTruth
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Autobiography and memoir
Time
1854
Person
Henry David Thoreau
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Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.
Original citation
Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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