Henry David Thoreau quote: Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid.

Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid.

~ Henry David Thoreau ~

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Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid.

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