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Henry David Thoreau
1817 - 1862

I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life,
and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die,
discover that I had not lived.

WALDEN...

Walden Pond, Massachusetts, is a real place -- and a state of mind. Walden is as much a secret place of the mind to explore, as it is an environment to wander around in.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) explored and chronicled the Walden where he lived, as well as the Walden of his own mind.

I find much that is inspirational in Thoreau's outlook.

In his masterpiece Walden Thoreau describes how he went to live in the woods to transact vital business with Nature and with his own nature. He sought to confront the essential facts of life. His experiences and thoughts of 150 years ago still speak true today.

Copyright (c) 2001 John Howard