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first able to ascertain the beauty of something so elusive and grand. "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, ...

time without injuring eternity" (Thoreau Chapter 1A Page 10). That is a witticism in itself. Thoreau (1994) said, "The mass ...

In five pages this paper examines the ideological differences between Jefferson's and Thoreau's views regarding the citizen and th...

In five pages Thoreau's Walden Pond is examined in a consideration of the author's portrayal of nature. Two sources are cited in ...

In five pages this paper examines the similarities and differences in the peace teachings and writings of Thoreau, Gandhi, and Kin...

gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...

In five pages this report examines 'Self Reliance' by Emerson and Walden by Thoreau within the context of the genius perspective. ...

This paper examines the importance of being able to apply the teachings found in great literary works such as those of Thoreau and...

(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...

as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...

the natural world. Nature, he asserts, is secretive, but at the same time it is human beings who will eventually be able to unlock...

at Concord Academy (1828-33), and at Harvard University, graduating in 1837" (Anonymous Henry D(avid) Thoreau (1817-1862) thoreau....

emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...

perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...

to expand, he says, or else they will be misunderstood. He applies this to nations as well: "Individuals, like nations, must have ...

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....

define what is not essential in our lives we can more accurately see what is important. For example, if we can get to a place wher...

Thomas Eakins: A Friendship of Artistic Gain). In fact, this particular painting is clearly a representation of a scene in Whitman...

nearly twenty years without complaint. Should that not account for something? As his pain intensifies, Ivan Ilych begins feeling...

or sex. Thanks to technology, Whitman waxed poetic about an inspirational East-West cultural and intellectual exchange, with both...

each line to have a variety of meanings. Perhaps there is symbolism, simile or metaphor lurking in his descriptions. If not, would...

spiritual aspect, which is an illustration that many spiritual individuals can relate to in present day America. Freedom, in Whi...

avails not, time nor place - distance avails not, I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations he...

In five ways the protagonist Frederic Henry's transformation from boy to man through his wartime experience and romance with Cathe...

spirited figure of St George in armour, expressing in the head of this saint the beauty of youth, courage and valour in arms, and ...

of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...

seems to be making a statement about independence of spirit, but an involvement with mankind. "I markd where on a little promontor...

transcribe concerning the inevitable. One author notes that "The central theme arouses from Whitmans pantheistic view of life, fro...