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I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Published in the mid-19th century, Walden chronicles Henry David Thoreau’s life secluded from society as he lived in a small cabin at Walden Pond. One of the most compelling books in American literature, Walden is a reminiscence of self-discovery that resonates even more so in today’s hectic world. A journey to self-discovery, Thoreau’s two years, two months, and two days spent living in a natural surrounding provides us with the insight to his renewed spirituality and a guide to simple living and self-reliance. Included is Thoreau’s famous essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience.” Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was one of America’s most influential thinkers, a naturalist who travelled and lived simply in New England, closely observing the natural world with the eye of a poet and a natural scientist. His nature writings include Walden (perhaps his best-known book), A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and his essay “Walking”. Cape Cod was first published posthumously in Boston in 1865. Martin Luther King Jr described Thoreau’s essay On Civil Disobedience as his first contact with nonviolent resistence.
