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Collected poems of Henry Thoreau
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Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
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Collected poems of Henry Thoreau
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MEN SAY THEY KNOW MANY THINGS
Men say they know many things;
But lo! they have taken wings,—
The arts and sciences,
And a thousand appliances;
The wind that blows
Is all that any body knows.
Collected poems of Henry Thoreau