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Thoreau

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Henry David

1817-1862

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Freethinker
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Apology and Polemic

I did not see why the schoolmaster should be taxed to support the priest, and not the priest the schoolmaster. 

Civil Disobedience (part 2, paragraph 12)

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Jesus

It is necessary not to be Christian to appreciate the beauty and significance of the life of Christ.  I know some will have hard thoughts of me, when they hear their Christ named beside my Buddha, yet I am sure that I am willing they should love their Christ more than my Buddha, for the love is the main thing, and I like him too.

Writings of Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

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