Thoreau's account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in New England woods remains an inspiration to the environmental movement -- a call to his fellow men to abandon their striving, materialistic existences of 'quiet desperation' for a simple life within their means, finding spiritual truth through awareness of the sheer beauty of their surroundings.
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pages
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Great Ideas
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eng
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0143037587
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9780143037583
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B00ABTQKZO
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (Penguin Great Ideas)
Thoreau's account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in New England woods remains an inspiration to the environmental movement -- a call to his fellow men to abandon their striving, materialistic existences of 'quiet desperation' for a simple life within their means, finding spiritual truth through awareness of the sheer beauty of their surroundings.