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Wikipedia Entry: Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.

Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and attention to practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.

Thoreau was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the fugitive slave law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending the abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of notable figures such as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Thoreau is sometimes referred to retrospectively as an anarchist, but may perhaps be more properly regarded as a proto-anarchist.

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Grading the Whole Surface of the Planet Henry David Thoreau

One says to me, “I wonder that you do not lay up money; you love to travel; you might take the cars and go to Fitchburg to-day and see the country.” But I am wiser than that. I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot. I say to my friend, Suppose we try who will get there first. The distance is thirty miles; the fare ninety … | Henry David Thoreau Continue reading Grading the Whole Surface of the Planet Henry David Thoreau

Be a Columbus of the Mind Henry David Thoreau

Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. Every man is the lord of a realm beside which the earthly empire of the Czar is but a petty state, a hummock left by the ice. Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil … | Henry David Thoreau Continue reading Be a Columbus of the Mind Henry David Thoreau

Walden, or Life in the Woods Henry David Thoreau (1854)

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Start Hacking at the Branches of Evil Making an impact

Gurteen Knowledge Blog August 3, 2021, 14:58. Henry David Thoreau has had an enormous influence on me ever since I lived in Carlisle, Massachusetts, a few miles up the road from Concord and Walden Pond, where he wrote his book Walden. This quotation below from Walden has always strongly resonated with me. There are a thousand hacking … Continue reading Start Hacking at the Branches of Evil Making an impact

There Are a Thousand Hacking at the Branches of Evil Henry David Thoreau (1854)

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve. | Henry David Thoreau Continue reading There Are a Thousand Hacking at the Branches of Evil Henry David Thoreau (1854)

Men Will Believe What They See. Let Them See Henry David Thoreau

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see. | Henry David Thoreau Continue reading Men Will Believe What They See. Let Them See Henry David Thoreau

Aiming Above Morality Henry David Thoreau

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. | Henry David Thoreau Continue reading Aiming Above Morality Henry David Thoreau

Hacking at the Branches of Evil Henry David Thoreau

Gurteen Knowledge Blog October 2, 2023, 12:58. I love the work of Henry David Thoreau, particularly his book Walden. When, in the early 90s, I lived in Carlisle, Massachusetts, a few miles up the road from Concord, I often visited Walden Pond. It was and still is one of my favorite places in the world, and I took … Continue reading Hacking at the Branches of Evil Henry David Thoreau