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thoreau: KISS

Although his cabin was only a mile and a half from home, and his sister brought him cookies freshly baked, Henry David Thoreau did find a wilderness by Walden and time to develop a sturdy, individualist’s philosophy… …In the fall … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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