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title: "2 Clay Patriotism Quotes by 1 author"
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> [Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/yet-some-can-be-patriotic-who-have-no-self-respect-and-sacrifice-the/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. Every man is the lord of a realm beside which the earthly empire of the Czar is but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/nay-be-a-columbus-to-whole-new-continents-and-worlds-within-you/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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