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Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.

Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial

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Henry David Thoreau
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Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint (1817–1862)
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