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This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled “The Wild” . He revised it before his death and it was included as part of the June 1862 edition of Atlantic Monthly. This essay appears, on the surface, to be simply expounding the qualities of Nature and man’s place therein. Through this medium he not only touches those subjects, but with the implications of such a respect for nature, or lack thereof. by Henry David Thoreau
I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as
contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil to regard man as
an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member
of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make
an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the
minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of
that. I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who
understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks who had a
genius, so to speak, for SAUNTERING, which word is beautifully derived
"from idle people who roved about the country, in the Middle Ages, and
asked charity, under pretense of going a la Sainte Terre," to the Holy
Land, till the children exclaimed, "There goes a Sainte Terrer," a
Saunterer, a Holy Lander. They who never go to the Holy Land in their
walks, as they pretend, are indeed mere idlers and vagabonds; but they
who do go there are saunterers in the good sense, such as I mean... Continue reading book >>
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Reviewer: Jonah D. - February 4, 2016 Subject: Life Changing Essay Ann absolute must-read for anyone who loves Nature. Thoreau sheds light on several topics which are so applicable and important in the age of technology. When we lose ourselves in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, Thoreau reminds us that it's OK to be lost, and to find our way home, we only need our own two feet. Please read, and learn how to saunter! |