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the grave with the song ... I think Thoreau's quote is one of sadness, as are much 
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,... [DOC] [TLE] New York Times corrects misquote of Thoreau's 'quiet desperation ... [PAR] Apr 30, 2012 ... ... die with their song still inside them, that is not what he wrote in Walden. He 
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Question: He wrote that "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desparation"
Answer: Henry David Thoreau