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A sappy Thoreau misquote becomes a viral meme online

I came across a quote allegedly from Henry David Thoreau's work, Walden, today, and it bothered me that it rang false. The attributed quote was, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them."

Humbug. What Thoreau actually wrote in Walden was, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet...



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