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1、Henry David Thoreau (18171862) was an American author, poet, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist.,Civil Disobedience 论公民之不服从,Walden 瓦尔登湖,Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American bo
2、ok written by noted Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The work is part personal declaration of indepen-dence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self reliance.,Published in 1854, it details Thoreaus experiences over the course of two years in a cabin he bui
3、lt near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. Much of Walden is Thoreaus observation of nature.,Reading: Thoreau discusses the benefits of classical literature (preferably in the original Greek or Latin), and bemoans the lack of sophistication in Concord, evident in the popularity of unsophisticated literature. He also loved to read books by world travelers. He yearns for a utopian time when each New England village supports wise men to educate and thereby ennoble the population.,
