The popular image of Thoreau is of the lone eccentric contemplating nature at Walden Pond. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking Thoreau] Reference
Thoreau is frequently quoted as espousing that the true place for a just man is in prison. From Wordnik.com. [henry david thoreau | happy birthday, henry! « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
Thoreau is sometimes cited as an individualist anarchist as well as an inspiration to anarchists. From Wordnik.com. [henry david thoreau | happy birthday, henry! « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
I thought she was referring to people's penchant for skinnydipping in Thoreau's Walden Pond after hours. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet desperation?] Reference
After all, Thoreau is right; the worst kind of a tick to get under your skin is yourself in an irritable mood. From Wordnik.com. [Janey Canuck in the West] Reference
To paraphrase Thoreau, I regret only our good behavior. From Wordnik.com. [August 2004] Reference
The destiny of the human race -- the same phrase Thoreau used in 1857. From Wordnik.com. [Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Environmentalists Come in Every Shade of Green] Reference
And even if the simple speed of cars is higher, is what we might call their Thoreau speed higher?. From Wordnik.com. [Steamboats Are Ruining Everything] Reference
But I told you "” Thoreau is responsible for this metaphor"” and uh I think there's two sides to this. From Wordnik.com. [A Promise] Reference
But for vertical man, to paraphrase Thoreau, his life is rich in proportion to the number of things he can do without. From Wordnik.com. [One Cosmos] Reference
Miss Sandal used to read to us out of poetry books, and about a chap called Thoreau, who could tickle fish, and they liked it, and let him. From Wordnik.com. [New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune] Reference
There is a moment in Thoreau that is enchanting. From Wordnik.com. [Denk and Ives, Partners in Pianism] Reference
I then visited the "Thoreau" Twitter page, where I read this. From Wordnik.com. [The Backlash Conspiracy: Divide and Conquer] Reference
Paul Theroux: Thor-ew (which, incidentally, is different to Henry Thoreau which is pronounced like 'thorough'). From Wordnik.com. [An Interview with Paul Theroux] Reference
Eventually Georgina and Toby meet and semi-befriend a homeless man that stands in as a kind of Thoreau-esque conscience. From Wordnik.com. [Review of the Day: How to Steal a Dog] Reference
Thoreau is really radical and original. From Wordnik.com. [Terra Incognita] Reference
A public service announcement from Doug "Thoreau" Casey. From Wordnik.com. [LewRockwell.com] Reference
"Thoreau," corrected Jan quietly, as he took the extended hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Honor of the Big Snows] Reference
I do not recollect any particular crisis such as Thoreau describes, but I can trace the process in myself. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest of the Simple Life]
Thoreau, which is a significant first step. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Some of my favorite books, such as Thoreau’s W olden, can be read as a mosaic of epigrams. From Wordnik.com. [April « 2008 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
SHORTZ: There you go: Thoreau and throw, excellent. From Wordnik.com. [A Syllable Solution] Reference
Shakespeare, Thoreau, Emerson -- it had everything. From Wordnik.com. [American Odyssey] Reference
Mariner, an essay by Emerson, and another by Thoreau. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Thoreau lasted only 26 months in his cabin by Walden Pond. From Wordnik.com. [America the Over-Stored] Reference
Thoreau is the most profound in his devotion, and the most richly repaid. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Thoreau, who liked to see weeds overrun flowers, would have rejoiced in its vigor. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
It is the quality of Thoreau, but without the genius of Thoreau for the poetry of things. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
Thoreau may have gone to Walden Pond, they argued, but he had no intention of staying there. From Wordnik.com. [Who's A Hillbilly?] Reference
It's tempting in this period of contraction to mimic Thoreau, to live simply and deliberately. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Saving Now!] Reference
Half a century ago there lived in the state of Massachusetts a very remarkable man named Thoreau. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
But Thoreau, a celibate, and at times a hermit, brought the Protestant extreme to match the Roman. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Like Thoreau, Mr. Mansfield is a keen observer and, in his neck of New Hampshire, a granitic critic of the rushed life. From Wordnik.com. [The Tyranny of the Clock] Reference
Anyway, during my second stay at Thoreau in 1965, I vividly recall a phenomenon I had never experienced before or since. From Wordnik.com. [Binky Philips: The "Satisfaction" Of Charlie Watts Hitting Me In The Face] Reference
When we use a little wisdom, like Thoreau, and your family, we can regain some control over our lives and reap great benefits. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Morris: Interview With a Philosopher: Our Blackberries, I-Phones, Droids, and Souls.] Reference
Thoreau said how his life at Walden fell into a routine and he started wearing paths in the grass to the river and places he went. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Dead Man (A Novella Excerpt)] Reference
But I have travelled much of this great world and been fortunate enough to discover the genius of writers like Emerson and Thoreau. From Wordnik.com. [Jimmy Demers: "Waiting for Superman"] Reference
Purslane is reported to have been one of Mahatma Gandhi's favorite foods and also consumed by Thoreau while residing at Walden Pond. From Wordnik.com. [Brigitte Mars: Purslane: Gandhi's Favorite Food May Be a Weed in Your Yard] Reference
If you read Thoreau closely, it's clear that what he was doing was not running away from civilization, as we're often led to believe. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Morris: Interview With a Philosopher: Our Blackberries, I-Phones, Droids, and Souls.] Reference
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