Poems of Nature (Thoreau)/True Kindness

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229883Poems of Nature (Thoreau) — True KindnessHenry David Thoreau
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TRUE KINDNESS

True kindness is a pure divine affinity,
Not founded upon human consanguinity.
It is a spirit, not a blood relation,
Superior to family and station.

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