Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
July 10-12, 1841
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“Tis slight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift.”
Michaelmas Term (1602), Act iv. Sc. 1. Compare: "It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize", Alexander Pope, The Iliad, book xxiii. line 383.
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