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Thoreau, Henry David
place in 19th century American literature
Thoreau of Walden Pond
Walden
American transcendentalism
American voice in literature
environmental writing in American literature
Ralph Waldo Emerson, friend of Thoreau
roots of environmental movement
artist inspired by Thoreau
friend
influence of Hinduism on Thoreau
opinions regarding travel and exploration
philosophy
picture of Thoreau
picture of Walden Pond
quotations
Action: What old people say you…
Advice: I have lived some thirty…
Afterlife: One world at a time.
Caution: Beware of all enterprises that…
Communication: We are in great haste to construct a magnetic…
Conservation: In wildness is the preservation of the…
Disease: Decay and disease are often…
Drinks: Water is the only drink…
Education: What does education often do?…
Environment: By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling…
Environment: Talk of mysteries! Think of our life in…
Facts: Some circumstantial evidence is very…
Flying: Thank God men cannot as…
God: I did not know that…
Government: I heartily accept the motto,…
Government: The government of the world…
Health And Healthy Living: 'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.
Honor: I once had a sparrow…
Human Condition: The mass of men lead…
Humankind: I do not value any view of the universe into…
Individuality: I would rather sit on…
Individuality: If a man does not…
Insults: He was imperfect, unfinished, inartistic;…
Justice: Under a government which imprisons…
Language: The most attractive sentences are…
Life And Death: Every creature is better alive than dead,…
Life: Our life is frittered away…
Love And Friendship: I love Henry, but I cannot like him; and as for…
Money: If you give money, spend…
Morality: Do not be too moral.…
Music: Music is the crystallization of sound.
Music: When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am…
Napoleon I: The three o'clock in the…
Nature: Life consists with wildness. The most alive…
Philanthropy: As for doing good, that…
Philosophy: There are nowadays professors of…
Scientists: He has something demoniacal about him who can…
Self-Knowledge: Explore thyself. Herein are demanded…
Self-respect: Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than…
Self-respect: I am a parcel of vain strivings tied By a…
Slavery: A man may pay too dearly for his…
Solitude: I have a great deal…
Solitude: I never found the companion…
Speech: God is the only president…
Time: As if you could kill…
Time: Time is but the stream…
Travel: Yes—around Concord.
Trees: But no weather interfered fatally…
Truth: It takes two to speak…
Truth: You do not get a…
Virtue: What men call social virtues,…
Wealth: Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities…
Work: "The cost of a thing," says he, "is the…
Work: It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The …
Writing: Not that the story need…
Writing: Whatever sentence will bear to be read…
Thoreau’s influence on others
Walden Pond, made famous by Thoreau
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