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It's not unusual for the words of influencers to gain popularity. But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he's credited with ...
The pond won’t be completely inaccessible this summer: visitors can still enjoy Red Cross Beach an unguarded swimming area.
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 ...
Henry David Thoreau’s nonfiction classic "Walden, or A Life in the Woods" was first published on this day in history, on Aug. 9, 1854. "Walden" is about the virtues of simple living and self ...
In case of abuse, Report this post. Walden; or, Life in the Woods, published in 1854 by the esteemed American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau, stands as an important work in American ...
Henry David Thoreau rose with the winter sun for his morning excursion. He set out along the old Indian paths winding their way through the woods, made newly visible by the light snow that had ...
CONCORD - American literary icon Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days at Walden Pond, writing what would later be published as his book "Walden." Now, nearly 180 years ...
Henry David Thoreau, the environmental philosopher and author of “Walden”, was a keen observer of seasonal change. In 1862, for example, he wrote in the Atlantic Monthly: “October is the ...
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the trust will host a read-a-thon Oct. 7 and Oct. 8 of Henry David Thoreau’s “Cape Cod” honoring his and the trust's legacies and the beauty of the Cape.
But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he’s credited with introducing, “brain rot,” is the Oxford University Press’s word or ...