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Page 734
... live apart from society . When the theory was proved , Thoreau went back to his former home in Concord . He had no wish to live the life of a hermit , and remaining longer at Walden would have prolonged the experiment unduly . He had ...
... live apart from society . When the theory was proved , Thoreau went back to his former home in Concord . He had no wish to live the life of a hermit , and remaining longer at Walden would have prolonged the experiment unduly . He had ...
Page 802
... live what was not life , living is so dear ; nor did I wish to practise resignation , unless it was quite necessary . I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life , to live so sturdily and Spartan - like as to put to rout ...
... live what was not life , living is so dear ; nor did I wish to practise resignation , unless it was quite necessary . I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life , to live so sturdily and Spartan - like as to put to rout ...
Page 803
... live meanly , like ants ; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men ; like pygmies we fight with cranes ; it is error upon error , and clout upon clout , and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and ...
... live meanly , like ants ; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men ; like pygmies we fight with cranes ; it is error upon error , and clout upon clout , and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and ...
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