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- Baker Farm
Once, while Thoreau was walking through Baker Farm, he says,...
- Baker Farm
The Ponds -- from Walden, by Henry Thoreau, with notes and analysis. Thoreau talks at length about Walden Pond and also tells about other ponds in the vicinity.
My purpose in going to Walden Pond was not to leave cheaply nor to live dearly there, but to transact private business with the fewest possible obstacles.
My purpose in going to Walden Pond was not to live cheaply nor to live dearly there, but to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles; to be hindered from accomplishing which for want of a little common sense, a little enterprise and business talent, appeared not so sad as foolish.
27 Δεκ 2001 · My purpose in going to Walden Pond was not to live cheaply nor to live dearly there, but to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles; to be hindered from accomplishing which for want of a little common sense, a little enterprise and business talent, appeared not so sad as foolish.
He states his purpose in going to Walden: to live deliberately, to confront the essentials, and to extract the meaning of life as it is, good or bad. He exhorts his readers to simplify, and points out our reluctance to alter the course of our lives.
My purpose in going to Walden Pond was not to live cheaply nor to live dearly there, but to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles. Thoreau then examines how civilized...
