Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: A Light in the Woods (Meditations (Wilderness))
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Nor is it an autobiography. The right way to read Walden is as a "transcendental" narrative prose poem, whose hero is a man named Henry, a modern Odysseus in search of a "true America. As he explained in the pages of Walden: Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one.
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One should not overlook the significance of his selecting July 4 as the day for taking possession of his residence at Walden Pond, a day that celebrates the establishment of a new government whose highest ideal is individual freedom. In terms of Thoreau's redefinition of the nation-idea, "the only true America" is that place where one may grow wild according to one's nature, where one may "enjoy the land, but own it not.
An early proponent of nonviolent resistance, he was jailed briefly for refusing to pay his poll tax to support the Mexican War and the slave system that had promoted that war. His essay "On Civil Disobedience" , which came from this period of passive resistance, was acknowledged by Mahatma Gandhi who read it in a South African jail as the basis for his campaign to free India. Martin Luther King, Jr.
His essay "On Civil Disobedience" , which came from this period of passive resistance, was acknowledged by Mahatma Gandhi who read it in a South African jail as the basis for his campaign to free India. Meditations of Margaret Fuller: After reading a selection from the book, I always came away with good feelings, very serene. He is a singular charactera young man with much of wild original nature still remaining in him; and so far as he is sophisticated, it is in a way and method of his own. No trivia or quizzes yet. Tere rated it really liked it Feb 07, Buy it and enjoy it!
Thoreau contracted tuberculosis in and suffered from it sporadically afterwards. His health declined over three years with brief periods of remission, until he eventually became bedridden.
Recognizing the terminal nature of his disease, Thoreau spent his last years revising and editing his unpublished works, particularly The Maine Woods and Excursions, and petitioning publishers to print revised editions of A Week and Walden. He died on May 6, at age Bound in a lovely and compact format, the book totes easily along in your pocket, backpack, or picnic basket. Solitude never felt so cozy Wilderness Press Bolero Ozon. Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: Lists with This Book.
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Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: A Light in the Woods
America's first great conservationist, Henry Bavid Thoreau. From the Essay Lost Not til we are lost, in other words, not til we are lost in the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations. Just a little sample of many great thoughts this little book is filled with!
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