Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Famous Works Include: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), Walden (1854), Autumnal Tints (1862), and The Maine Woods (1864).
Thoreau, a Harvard graduate, is admired for his observations of the natural world and the expression of his social philosophies in such essays as "Resistance to Civil Government" and "Life Without Principle." For two years, two months, and two days, Thoreau living in a small cabin near Walden Pond, using his experience of living the "simple life" as the basis for his book Walden.
Quotes from Henry David Thoreau:
"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it."
"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
"In wildness is the preservation of the world."
Hope you've enjoyed this blast from the past from the January 2009 edition of the
WCWC!
- Anna H.
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