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Card VIII-17: HENRY DAVID THOREAU – Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Series VIII · Card 17 of 21 · THE SCRIPTORIUM

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

HENRY DAVID THOREAU · WALDEN · 1854

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Source

“Walden” (1854), ch. “Conclusion”

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About the author

American writer and philosopher (1817–1862). Lived alone for two years in a cabin at Walden Pond and wrote about simplicity, self-reliance and civil disobedience.

The question on the back

What is the truth worth to you when it is inconvenient?