If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
Source: Walden, The Ponds, 1854.
-- Henry David Thoreau, (Jul 12 1817-1862), US essayist, poet, naturalist; He is best known for his description of life at Walden Pond, Walden, 1854 and his essay Civil Disobedience, 1849.