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Essay heading: Henry David Thoreau
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It was like a lake of rainbow
light. [He used to wonder at the halo of light around [his] shadow" (Walden,
138). It is clear that the near blinding light and the ethereal image of purity
and beauty that Thoreau experienced represents his admittance as an
intellectual and spiritual demi-god.
"Walden," or "Life in the Woods," was written during Henry David Thoreau’s
stay at Walden Pond, an excursion that lasted over two years...
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It was here that
Thoreau conducted his experiment with life. I went to the woods because 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. (Thoreau 835) Walden, or Life in the Woods is a
well-known book admired for its meaning...
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