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Walden chapter 3

As I continue my reading through Walden, I struggle with words and phrases Thoreau uses to describe what he is saying. My first thought is that this is just a difference in era, but he points to it being something … Continue reading

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The Awakening Hour & the Uninterrupted Poem of Creation

One sentence that stood out to me in chapter 2 is when Thoreau wrote, “the poem of creation is uninterrupted, but few are the ears that hear it.” It caught my attention because it made me think about how many … Continue reading

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Walden chapter 1

In the opening chapter of Walden, Thoreau begins by doing something simple yet radical: he builds his own small house in the woods and chooses to live by the work of his own hands. This isn’t a romantic escape or … Continue reading

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