61. Henry David Thoreau: Extracts « EcoTopia From the Ecology Hall of Fame, a few quotations by Thoreau. http://ecotopia.org/ehof/thoreau/extracts.html

Home About Contact Circle Trail ... EcoTopia A design strategy for the new millennium Posts Recent Posts Florence the Goose The Quality of Mercy: Homelessness In Santa Cruz 1985-1992, Chapter One Donate! Henry David Thoreau: Extracts On Wildness In wildness is the preservation of the world. On Good Government On Camping in a Storm It is remarkable with what pure satisfaction the traveller in these woods will reach his camping ground on the eve of a tempestuous night like this, as if he had got to his inn, and, rolling himself in his blanket, stretch himself on his six feet by two bed of dripping fir twigs, with a thin sheet of cotton for a roof, snug as a meadow-mouse in its nest. Invariably our best nights were those when it rained, for them we were not troubled with mosquitoes. The Maine Woods On the Summit of Ktaadin The mountain seemed a vast aggregation of loose rocks, as if some time it had rained rocks, and they lay as they fell on the mountain sides, nowhere fairly at rest, but leaning on each other, rocking stones, with cavities between, but scarcely any soil or smoother shelf. They were the raw materials of a planet dropped from an unseen quarry, which the vast chemistry of nature would anon work up, or work down, into the smiling and verdant plains and valleys of earth. The Maine Woods On Mountains If I wished to see a mountain or other scenery under the most favorable auspices, I would go to it in foul weather, so as to be there when it cleared up; we are then in the most suitable mood, and nature is most fresh and inspiring.

62. Thoreau's Slavery In Massachusetts - With Annotated Text Hypertext of Thoreau s essay. http://eserver.org/thoreau/slavery.html

Slavery in Massachusetts by Henry David Thoreau - with annotated text Delivered at an Anti-Slavery Celebration, at Framingham, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1854, after the conviction in Boston of fugitive slave Anthony Burns Thoreau Reader: Home Journal Writing "It was the North ... he attacked ... he spoke to a Massachusetts that had denied to its citizens the legal right to preserve their own moral integrity" - Henry Seidel Canby "Thoreau is deliciously sarcastic as he expresses his dismay that all these people were so interested in some far-away wilderness when there was such an injustice being done right in their own back yard, so to speak." - Bill Lectric Where this essay came from... - Dr. Sandra Harbert Petrulionis describes how this essay was created from Thoreau's journal entries, with an appendix that shows what was used for the speech and what was left out. In the process, she also shows another side of Henry Thoreau, and the "hermit" of Walden is revealed as a man who, like so many others, is trying to make something of his life. More information: Links to other "Slavery in Massachusetts" sites Slavery in Massachusetts I L ATELY A TTENDED a meeting of the citizens of Concord, expecting, as one among many, to speak on the subject of slavery in Massachusetts; but I was surprised and disappointed to find that what had called my townsmen together was the destiny of Nebraska

63. Thoreau's Life Without Principle - With Annotated Text An 1854 lecture evolved into this essay; Thoreau rails against a culture whose primary focus is financial. Includes the text of the essay in two parts and a brief history of the essay. http://eserver.org/thoreau/lifewout.html

Life without Principle by Henry David Thoreau - 1863 - with annotated text "Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives." Thoreau Reader: Home "... in a few pages the very essence of Thoreau's philosophy. ... It is pure Transcendentalism, a plea that each follow his own inner light." - Walter Harding, The Days of Henry Thoreau "'Life without Principle' is the finest of Thoreau's negatives. Here is the woodchuck Thoreau, gritting his teeth until they are powdered." - Henry Canby, Thoreau "Life without Principle" in two parts: One Two "Life without Principle" originated as "What Shall it Profit," a lecture delivered at Railroad Hall in Providence, Rhode Island, December 6, 1854, four more times in Massachusetts in 1855, and once in New Jersey in 1856. This version was edited by Thoreau for publication before he died, and published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1863, where it received its modern title. From the Thoreau Society The Educational DVD: Life With Principle More information: Links to other " Life without Principle " pages Thoreau Reader: Home

64. Henry David Thoreau (Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy) Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American philosopher, poet, and environmental scientist whose major work, Walden, draws upon each of these identities in meditating on the http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thoreau/

Cite this entry Search the SEP Advanced Search Tools ... Please Read How You Can Help Keep the Encyclopedia Free Henry David Thoreau First published Thu Jun 30, 2005; substantive revision Fri Oct 2, 2009 Walden 1. Life and Writings 2. Nature and Human Existence 3. The Ethics of Perception 4. Friendship and Politics ... Related Entries 1. Life and Writings A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers His experience bore fruit in the 1854 publication of his literary masterpiece Walden , a work that almost defies categorization: it is a work of narrative prose which often soars to poetic heights, combining philosophical speculation with close observation of a concrete place. It is a rousing summons to the examined life and to the realization of one's potential, while at the same time it develops what might be described as a religious vision of the human being and the universe. Walden 2. Nature and Human Existence A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Journal Walden the value of a fact Walden Walden Journal Faith in a Seed Walden , VIII), we can see that even what does not at first seem to be good for us Journal Walden Walden Walden Journal Journal Journal Journal Journal Walden Journal Journal Journal The Maine Woods Walden Journal Correspondence 3. The Ethics of Perception

65. John Brown By Henry David Thoreau Thoreau s 1859 defense of the controversial John Brown, in HTML searchable format. http://www.transcendentalists.com/thoreau_plea_john_brown.htm

66. The American Experience | John Brown's Holy War | People & Events | Henry David Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau, writer, naturalist, and philosopher, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1817. When he graduated from Harvard in 1837, jobs were scarce http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/peopleevents/pande04.html

document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://sb" : "http://b") + ".scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js' %3E%3C/script%3E")); Henry David Thoreau "Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something." - Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau, writer, naturalist, and philosopher, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1817. When he graduated from Harvard in 1837, jobs were scarce, as a great economic downturn had taken hold of the country. Thoreau was lucky to find a job teaching at the Concord Center School, but he resigned after just two weeks because he disagreed with the school's policy of using corporal punishment on its students. Thoreau began to make a name for himself as a poet and writer after establishing a friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson. Through Emerson, Thoreau became involved in the transcendentalist movement, a discipline promoting self-education and the development of the individual. Although regarded by some as being somewhat vague and dreamy in their thoughts, transcendentalists pursued aggressive stances on social, political, and intellectual reforms. Thoreau's journey of self-discovery led him to Walden Pond, just south of Concord, where he built a cabin and lived for two years. He believed that the cultivation of one's self and the cultivation of the soil have much in common, and while at Walden his garden and the surrounding wilderness took on great metaphorical significance.

67. The Thoreau Reader Three complete books and three essays by Thoreau, annotated versions of Walden and Civil Disobedience, links to other Thoreau and Walden sites, and help for students on the Walden Express. http://eserver.org/thoreau/

A Project in Cooperation with the Thoreau Society The Thoreau Reader Annotated works of Henry David Thoreau "The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?" Books: Walden Thoreau's 1845 experiment in living well, with old and new photos , Henry's survey of Walden, the Walden Express , a brief history of Walden, and a report on "progress" at the pond. The Maine Woods Three excursions to Maine in the 1840's and 50's, an attempt to climb Maine's tallest mountain, and on the last trip, a very smart Indian Cape Cod Four trips to the Cape from 1849 to 1857 are narrated as a single visit; with a walk along the outer banks . This is Thoreau's funniest book. A Yankee in Canada An 1850 visit to Canada: Henry likes the scenery, but is not impressed by pageantry. Essays: Civil Disobedience Thoreau's influential 1849 essay on following your own conscience. Life without Principle In 1854, Thoreau railed against a c ulture whose primary focus is financial.

68. Thoreau, Henry David Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862), born David Henry Thoreau was an American author, naturalist, pacifist, philosopher, and transcendentalist. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Henry_David_Thoreau

Thoreau, Henry David From New World Encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Previous (Henry Cowell) Next (Henry Fielding) Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862), born David Henry Thoreau was an American author, naturalist, pacifist, philosopher , and transcendentalist . Like his peers Ralph Waldo Emerson Bronson Alcott Margaret Fuller , and Nathaniel Hawthorne , Thoreau believed nature to be an expression of God and a symbolic reflection of the transcendent spiritual world that works beyond the physical realm. Thoreau was not a systematic philosopher but advanced his thought by embedding his ideas in the context of descriptive narrative prose. He is best known for Walden and Civil Disobedience, but wrote many other articles and essays. He was a lifelong abolitionist and delivered lectures attacking the Fugitive Slave Act , praising the writings of Wendell Phillips, and defending the abolitionist John Brown following Brown's assault on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Thoreau's Civil Disobedience influenced later nonviolent reformers, particularly

69. Thoreau Transforms His Journal Into Slavery In Massachusetts Thoreau s journal entries of May and June of 1854 evolve into a call for the end of American slavery. http://eserver.org/thoreau/edsav1.html

Editorial Savoir Faire: Thoreau Transforms His Journal into �Slavery in Massachusetts� By Dr. Sandra Harbert Petrulionis Appendix: Examples of how Thoreau's journal evolved into an essay Thoreau Reader: Home Slavery in Massachusetts Journal Writing The summer of 1854 was an unusually public one for the reclusive Henry Thoreau. At a Fourth of July gathering in Framingham, Massachusetts, he spoke in league with the most militant abolitionists of the day, vigorously protested the rendition (return to his owner by federal authorities) of fugitive slave Anthony Burns, and seconded the call for an end to the Union that continued to condone slavery. His increased anger over slavery coincided with anticipation, however, as Thoreau looked forward to the publication of his eight-year work-in-progress, Walden Walden would be published on August 9, and Thoreau�s name was in the papers often that summer as excerpts from the book ran in various publications. Additionally, Charles Scribner notified Thoreau in May that Walden would be included in Scribner�s Cyclopedia of American Literature , published the following year (Harding and Bode 326). It seemed that Thoreau was finally being taken seriously after years of writing and publishing, and he obviously pinned many professional hopes on

70. Glbtq >> Literature >> Thoreau, Henry David In essays, journals, and poems, Henry David Thoreau recorded impassioned expressions of the beauty and the agony of love between men. http://www.glbtq.com/literature/thoreau_hd.html

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71. Article On Thoreau, "The Maine Woods" Essay by David Rothenberg analyzing The Maine Woods by Thoreau. http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng385/maine.htm

CONTACT! CONTACT! Up Katahdin with Thoreau David Rothenberg Article published in The Maine Scholar and posted by permission of the author. Do not download without contacting him at terranova@highlands.com The wild is more than a named place, an area to demarcate. It is a quality that beguiles us, a tendency we both flee and seek. It is the unruly, what won't be kept down, that crazy love, that path that no one advises us to takeit's against the rules, it's too far, too fast, beyond order, irreconcilable with what we are told is right. Once again, Thoreau found the wild close by to the tame, and pledged allegiance to it as much in his bucking of authority than in any spurning of culture's ways. It is probably on the summit of Maine's Mount Katahdin that his writing, usually ornate, mannered, nearly Victorian, approaches a free wildness that approaches the timeless, animistic sense of wild wanderers from many cultures. He is here describing the windswept, barren summit upon which almost no visible plant grows, rising high above dense forests: This was that Earth of which we have heard, made out of Chaos and Old Night. Here was no man's garden, but the unhandselled globe. It was not lawn, nor pasture, nor mead, nor woodland, nor lea, nor arable, nor wasteland. It was the fresh and natural surface of the planet Earth, as it was made forever and ever,-to be the dwelling of man, we say,so Nature made it, and man may use it if he can. Man was not to be associated with it. It was Matter, vast, terrific,not his Mother Earth that we have heard of, nor for him to tread on, or be buried in,-no, it were being too familiar even to let his bones lie therethe home this [sic] of Necessity and Fate..(2)

72. 1 Thoreau Henry David Walden Worksheets Reviewed By Teachers Search thoreau henry david walden worksheets to find teacher approved worksheets. Quickly find worksheets that inspire student learning. http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=thoreau henry david walden&media

73. Thoreau's Cape Cod - An Annotated Edition Hypertext version of Thoreau s Cape Cod, including the 1908 introduction by Clifton Johnson. http://thoreau.eserver.org/capecd00.html

Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau - 1865 ... an a nnotated edition A Cape Cod introduction by Leila Hatch Thoreau Reader: Home Cape Cod is Thoreau's sunniest, happiest book. It bubbles over with jokes, puns, tall tales, and genial good humor ... the model to which all new books about the Cape are still compared." - Walter Harding Table of Contents The Shipwreck Stage-Coach Views The Plains of Nauset The Beach ... Appendix A (from chapter 3) Appendix B (from chapter 10) Henry reports on a disaster: Thoreau and the Wreck of the St. John Contemporary reviews of Thoreau's Cape Cod - one very good , and one less enthusiastic 1908 Introduction to Cape Cod - by Clifton Johnson - with material lifted from Emerson Cape Cod humor: This is Thoreau's funniest book More information: Links to other Cape Cod sites Thoreau visits most of Cape Cod's towns... 1890 map by Simeon L. Deyo, editor of "The History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts" "A hundred years of warring with the gales and the breakers, a hundred years of struggle with the tides have passed over the rampart wall and made their natural changes, but it still fronts the unappeased, insatiable sea with an earthly strength of sand itself taken from the waves. The volutes of the breakers approach, tumble, and dissolve, and over the glisten, the foam, and moist, sea-fragrant air still fly the small shorebirds hastening. A noble world, and one is glad that it once touched the imagination of the obstinate and unique genius from whom stems the great tradition of nature writing in America." -

74. Thoreau, Henry David - Encyclopedia Britannica - On History Full Name Henry David Thoreau. Nationality American Activity American writer. Born 1207-1817 Died 06-05-1862 http://www.history.co.uk/encyclopedia/thoreau-henry-david.html

75. Thoreau--Poems Many of these 13 poems were published in The Dial (1840-1844). http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/thoreau/thoreaupoems.html

Henry David Thoreau Selected Poems Many of these poems were published in The Dial (1840-1844). They are presented here in order of publication. The definitive edition of Thoreau's poems is Carl Bode's Collected Poems of Henry Thoreau. Enlarged edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1965. Prayer The Moon Smoke Conscience ... Inspiration Prayer Great God, I ask for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye. And next in value, which thy kindness lends, That I may greatly disappoint my friends, Howe'er they think or hope that it may be, They may not dream how thou'st distinguished me. That my weak hand may equal my firm faith And my life practice what my tongue saith That my low conduct may not show Nor my relenting lines That I thy purpose did not know Or overrated thy designs. The Moon Time wears her not; she doth his chariot guide; Mortality below her orb is placed. Raleigh The full-orbed moon with unchanged ray Mounts up the eastern sky

76. Thoreau, Henry David (Nuttall Encyclopædia) 1907 Nuttall Encyclop dia of General Knowledge T Thoreau, Henry David a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. Thoreau, Henry David. Thoreau, Henry David, an http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wood-NuttallEncyclopaedia/t/thoreauhenrydavid.html

1907 Nuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge T · Thoreau, Henry David a b c d ... z Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau, Henry David , an American author who, next to his friend and neighbour Emerson, gave the most considerable impulse to the “transcendental” movement in American literature , born in Concord , where his life was mostly spent, of remote French extraction; was with difficulty enabled to go to Harvard, where he graduated, but without distinction of any sort; took to desperate shifts for a living, but simplified the problem of “ways and means” by adopting Carlyle's plan of “lessening your denominator”; the serious occupation of his life was to study nature in the woods around Concord , to make daily journal entries of his observings and reflections, and to preserve his soul in peace and purity; his handicrafts were unwelcome necessities thrust upon him; “What after all,” he exclaims, “does the practicalness of life amount to? The things immediate to be done are very trivial; I could postpone them all to hear this locust sing. The most glorious fact in my experience is not anything I have done or may hope to do, but a transient thought or vision or dream which I have had”; his

77. Henry David Thoreau Than that I may not disappoint myself One poem from Thoreau. http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/poems/famous/thoreau.html

Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau was an avid and loyal follower of Transcendentalism, which is reflected in his writing and poetry. He spent 2 years at Walden Pond to become closer to nature and to "dig out the marrow of life". He was a passionate poet and wrote about the transcendental views which motivated him. back to other famous poets Great God, I Ask Thee for No Meaner Pelf Great God, I ask for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye. And next in value, which thy kindness lends, That I may greatly disappoint my friends, Howe'er they think or hope that it may be, They may not dream how thou'st distinguished me. That my weak hand may equal my firm faith And my life practice what my tongue saith That my low conduct may not show Nor my relenting lines That I thy purpose did not know Or overrated thy designs. Other Sites About Thoreau: A short but informative biography A sampling of Henry David Thoreau's work Some quotes More Poetry This page maintained by Alice Vo Edwards and Angeline Tiamson. email -send us your poetry or tell us what you think!

78. Henry David Thoreau Biography From Who2.com A former schoolteacher, Henry David Thoreau spent two years in the 1840s living in a oneroom hut beside Walden Pond in Massachusetts, where he studied http://www.who2.com/henrydavidthoreau.html

@import url("/css/standard_delta.css"); Find Famous People Fast! Who2 FAQ Who2 Blog For Students Contact Who2 Browse Bios: A B C D ... Share on Facebook Henry David Thoreau Biography Writer Peacenik Name at birth: David Henry Thoreau A former schoolteacher, Henry David Thoreau spent two years in the 1840s living in a one-room hut beside Walden Pond in Massachusetts, where he studied nature and wrote peaceful essays and poems. His journal of these years became his most famous work: Walden, or a Life in the Woods (published 1854). Thoreau also wrote Civil Disobedience (1849), advocating non-violent resistance to unethical governments; the same notion was later advocated by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Always a hit with college readers, Thoreau became a pop icon for anti-war and pro-environment groups late in the 20th century. Extra credit : Thoreau was christened David Henry Thoreau, but switched to calling himself Henry David after graduating from Harvard... He was a lifelong bachelor... His single-room cabin at Walden Pond was 10 feet wide by 15 feet long... Thoreau spent two days and a night in jail July 23 and 24, 1846 after he refused to pay his poll tax as an act of civil disobedience... Among his sayings was, "Beware of enterprises that require new clothes." Other American philosophers include Benjamin Franklin Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Paine Four Good Links The Thoreau Reader Annotated edition for students Walden Pond State Reservation Official site of the modern-day Walden, with notes on Thoreau

79. Henry David Thoreau: Walking: Walking - Free Online Library HTML version of Thoreau s essay. http://thoreau.thefreelibrary.com/Walking

CacheBuster('') Printer Friendly 18,320,801 articles and books Periodicals Literature Keyword Title Author Topic Member login User name Password Remember me Join us Forgot password? Submit articles free The Free Library ... Henry David Thoreau Walking Walking I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civilto regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that. It is true, we are but faint-hearted crusaders, even the walkers, nowadays, who undertake no persevering, never-ending enterprises. Our expeditions are but tours, and come round again at evening to the old hearth-side from which we set out. Half the walk is but retracing our steps. We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance, in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return prepared to send back our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms. If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends, and never see them againif you have paid your debts, and made your will, and settled all your affairs, and are a free manthen you are ready for a walk. To come down to my own experience, my companion and I, for I sometimes have a companion, take pleasure in fancying ourselves knights of a new, or rather an old, ordernot Equestrians or Chevaliers, not Ritters or Riders, but Walkers, a still more ancient and honorable class, I trust. The Chivalric and heroic spirit which once belonged to the Rider seems now to reside in, or perchance to have subsided into, the Walkernot the Knight, but Walker, Errant. He is a sort of fourth estate, outside of Church and State and People.

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