![]() ![]() I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. "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. In 1845 at the age of 28 Thoreau traveled to Walden Pond, Massachusetts where he built a simple cabin and began writing the works that inspired Ghandi, Martin Luther King, and millions of people. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Henry David Thoreau J– May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. Picture 4- 10x16 framed model of the cabin Picture 3- 10x16 Cabin Design inspired by Thoreau ![]() Picture 2- Thoreau's cabin (replica) side view (courtesy of Wiki) Picture 1- Thoreau's 10x15 Cabin (replica) at Walden Pond front view (courtesy of Wiki) ![]()
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