He wrote "All good things are wild and free" (7)

I believe the answer is:

thoreau

(Other definitions for thoreau that I've seen before include "American author, friend of Emerson" , "American writer" , "One who wrote" , "French writer" , "Henry David --, 19th century American author" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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