21. “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”– Henry David Thoreau 22. “Our life is frittered away by detail…simplify, simplify.”– Henry David Thoreau 23. “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. N...
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.Henry David Thoreau Morning brings back the heroic ages. Henry David...
Notable Quote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” (FromWalden) Early Life and Education (1817-18...
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, ...
a Community Henry David Thoreau goes to the woods to live away from duties and to live a life of leisure. He moves far away from any method of communication‚ such as the post office. He wishes to live independently and self-sufficiently. The quote “I went to the woods because I wis...
ILived,andWhatILivedFor:Afterplayingwiththeideaofbuyingafarm,Thoreaudescribeshishouse'slocation.ThenheexplainsthathetookuphisabodeatWaldenWoodssoasto"livedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfactsoflife,andseeifIcouldnotlearnwhatithadtoteach,andnot,whenIcametodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived." HenryDavid...
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. [...] I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of...
the thesis could not have been finished smoothly and could never have reached its present form. I am also grateful to all my teachers who have given me excellent lectures and great help, which are indispensable to the completion of this thesis. In addition, my sincere gratitude also goes to...
I cut another furrow than you see. Where the off ox treads, there is it not, it is farther off; where the nigh ox walks, it will not be, it is nigher still. If corn fails, my crop fails not, and what are drought and rain to me? The rude Saxon pioneer will sometimes pine for...
Thekeypoints:1.Emerson’struestdisciple,themanwhoputintopracticemanyofEmerson’stheories,wasHenryDavidThoreau.2.In1845,Thoreaubeganatwo-yearresidenceatWaldenPond.“Iwenttothewoods,”hewrote,“becauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfactsoflife…”HelivedatWaldeninahutbuiltbyhisown...