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thoreau: free time for first draft
…A good part of Thoreau’s new-found free time he was able to devote to writing. The first work he completed at the pond was an extended essay on Thomas Carlyle. As early as 1842 he had begun making notes on … Continue reading
thoreau: second summer
…The second summer at Walden, Thoreau decided he had had enough of agriculture, and so he planted only a third of an acre of garden-just enough for his own use. “I learned from my two years’ experience,” he explained, “that … Continue reading
thoreau: letting his garden grow
Finding a wilderness at Walden and time to develop a sturdy individualist’s philosophy… …But most mornings he devoted to his garden. His bean rows added up to more than seven miles in length and required constant weeding. What is worse, … Continue reading
thoreau at walden: domestic arrangements
…At the end of his first eight months at the pond he found that he had spent a total of $8.74 for food- an average of twenty-seven cents a week. Clothing for the same period cost him only $8.40, and … Continue reading
thoreau: voluntary simplicity
…Thoreau was in no haste to move in. Once the frame was up, he did the remaining carpentry slowly, living in the meantime with his parents and walking back and forth to the pond each day, carrying his lunch wrapped … Continue reading
thoreau: raise the roof
…Thoreau began his work at the pond with a borrowed axe. It probably belonged to Bronson Alcott, although after its fame spread it was claimed by both Emerson and Channing. But from whoever he obtained it, he returned it later, … Continue reading
thoreau: to drive life into a corner
…Although his cabin was only a mile and a half from home, and his sister brought him freshly baked cookies, Henry David Thoreau did find a wilderness by Walden and time to develop a sturdy, individualist’s philosophy… …Then in 1845, … Continue reading
on the pond
The camper in the back yard. Although his cabin was only a mile and a half from home, and his sister brought him freshly baked cookies, Henry David Thoreau did find a wilderness by Walden and time to develop a … Continue reading
the have-nots : not dark yet
Not sure the validity of all the figures here; as Jack Welch pointed out in the government job figures, there is always some jigging and jiving that can be teased out of the data; manipulation of numbers is a combination … Continue reading
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disability lack of assurance
The central disability for most writers of history, as of poetry, drama, and fiction, is probably bewilderment and anxiety in the loss of old landmarks , and the overturn of long-accepted truths. They are stunned by the rapidity, multiplicity, and … Continue reading
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