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Walking (Henry David Thoreau)

A work by Henry David Thoreau

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Humans should be seen as part of Nature rather than as members of society, True walking is the day's adventure, not exercise taken like medicine, Most so-called improvements, like building and felling forests, deform the landscape …

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    Henry David Thoreau

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Claims on korrents
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What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Humans should be seen as part of Nature rather than as members of society (opens korrents.com)1

  2. True walking is the day's adventure, not exercise taken like medicine (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Most so-called improvements, like building and felling forests, deform the landscape (opens korrents.com)1

  4. The open landscape may one day be fenced into private grounds that bar walkers (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Enjoying something exclusively usually shuts you out of truly enjoying it (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Going east means returning to history; going west means heading into the future (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

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  • Henry David Thoreau

Sources

  1. Walking (1851-1862) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)

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