Who remarked, 'I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor'?
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Correct answer: A. Henry David Thoreau
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Thoreau, Walden (1854), 'Where I Lived, and What I Lived For'.
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