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1 day ago · Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American philosopher, writer, naturalist, and political activist. He is best known for his book Walden, published in 1854, which recounts his two-year experiment living alone in a small cottage at Walden Pond two miles outside Concord, Massachusetts, and his essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience written ...
- Title Page of Walden (Illustration)
Title page from the first edition of Walden by Henry David...
- Title Page of Walden (Illustration)
1 day ago · Walden; or, Life in the Woods, published in 1854 by the esteemed American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau, stands as an important work in American literature. It is a text that defies ...
4 days ago · Henry David Thoreau was an American writer-philosopher who, in 1845, decided to retire to a cabin in the forest near Walden Pond for two years to reflect on nature and self-sufficiency while also opposing the US war with Mexico and advocating civil disobedience.
1 day ago · In the film, Tally secretly reads Walden by Henry David Thoreau, and later sees it among other books in the home of David's parents. The importance of books and the empowering nature of reading would have had greater resonance with the Boss talking about the importance of literature to Tally, along with the later sacrifice he makes to save the books and magazines.
5 days ago · Title page from the first edition of Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
4 days ago · Walden Pond, a book by Henry David Thoreau, who is quoted in Westerfeld’s follow-up novel Pretties, became a prominent tool passed between recruited Smokies from Shay and her friends. Viewers later learn that the book came from David and his parents, and it encourages civil disobedience and radical thinking through isolation in nature.
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5 days ago · Just what does Henry David Thoreau have to contribute to the conversation revolving around modern society and politics? The Role of Government. That government is best which governs least. Thoreau quotes the old maxim at the outset of his essay “ Resistance to Civil Government” (appearing elsewhere under the title “Civil Disobedience ...
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