Walden or, Life in the Woods and On The Duty of Civil Disobedience (1983) (edit title/settings)

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• Walden: Add a description of this character.
• Brister
• Adam
• John Field

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• “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”

• “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”

• “In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Concord
• New England
• Heaven
• Boston
• America
• New York
• Lincoln
• Massachusetts
• White Pond
• Paris

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Henry David Thoreau (Author)

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• Dewey: 818.303

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Collections & Readers
• Books › Nonfiction › Foreign Language Nonfiction › French
• Books › Outdoors & Nature › Nature Writing
• Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Essays