Henry David Thoreau, A Week on t Quotes

A collection of quotes by Henry David Thoreau, A Week on t.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American writer, philosopher, and naturalist. He is best known for his book "Walden; or, Life in the Woods," which chronicles his experiences living in solitude in a cabin near Walden Pond. Thoreau's work explores themes of individualism, self-reliance, and the relationship between humans and nature. "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is another notable work by Thoreau, recounting a boat trip he took with his brother. He was an influential figure in the transcendentalist movement and a staunch advocate for civil disobedience as a means of protest against unjust laws.

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It is interesting to observe with what singular unanimity the farthest sundered nations and generations consent to give completeness and roundness to an ancient fable, of which they indistinctly appreciate the beauty or the truth. By a faint and dream-like effort, though it be only by the vote of a scientific body, the dullest posterity slowly add some trait to the mythus. As when astronomers call the lately discovered planet Neptune; or the asteroid Astr

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