Ocupation: Author
Life: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
Birthday: July 12
Death: May 6
Men must speak English who can write Sanskrit; they must speak a modern language who write, perchance, an ancient and universal one.
source: Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Selected Essays of Henry David Thoreau”, p.81, Simon and Schuster
topic: Writing, Men, Speak English, Modern Languages, Sanskrit