...it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meaness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by...it, whether it is of the devil or of God, and have somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chief end of man here to ' glorify God and enjoy him for...

...did life, living is*"~ nor did I wish to practise resignanless it was quite necessary. I wanted ive deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live...men, it appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty f nn -is of the devil or of God, 'Hat hastily concluded that .d of man here to " glorify forever."...

...could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. ... I wanted to live deep, and suck out all the marrow...to give a true account of it in my next excursion." Why did he choose Wai den for the scene of his voluntary isolation ? Hear him : " Why, here is Walden,...

...support himself for five years. Lived in his shanty at Waiden on some fifteen dollars a year. He says: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...to give a true account of it in my next excursion." "Able to give a true account of it in my next excursion" — that journey made with closed eyes and...

...not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear ; nor did I wish to practise resignation unless it was quite necessary. I wanted...to give a true account of it in my next excursion." Walden was, in fact, to Thoreau what Brook Farm was to others of the transcendentalists — a retreat...

...so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and cut close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it...to give a true account of it in my next excursion." In order to put into effect to the utmost these ideals and purposes he did about everything for himself...

...not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear ; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted...it, whether it is of the devil or of God, and have somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chief end 'of man here to " glorify God and enjoy him forever."...

...life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary, vj wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of...it, whether it is of the devil or of God, and have ^somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chief end of man here to " glorify God and enjoy him forever."...

...not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted...it, whether it is of the devil or of God, and have somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chief end of man here to "glorify God and enjoy him forever."...

...not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted...it, whether it is of the devil or of God, and have somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chief end of man here to "glorify God and enjoy him forever."...