Thoreau’s Journal Sketches: A Selection
Henry David Thoreau wrote in his Journal from 1837 until he 1861. It ran to nearly two million words but also contained numerous complementary small sketches, mostly as reminders to … Read more
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Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum
By Henry D. Thoreau CONCORD, Mass., March 12, 1845. MR. EDITOR : — We have now, for the third winter, had our spirits refreshed, and our faith in the destiny of … Read more
The Service: Qualities of the Recruit
By Henry D. Thoreau The brave man is the elder son of creation who has stepped buoyantly into his inheritance, while the coward, who is the younger, waiteth patiently for his decease. … Read more
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers: Sunday
“The river calmly flows, Through shining banks, through lonely glen, Where the owl shrieks, though ne’er the cheer of men Has stirred its mute repose, Still if you should walk … Read more
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers: Saturday
Come, come, my lovely fair, and let us try Those rural delicacies . – QUARLES, Christ’s Invitation to the Soul . At length, on Saturday, the last day of August, … Read more
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers: Concord River
Where’er thou sail’st who sailed with me, Though now thou climbest loftier mounts, And fairer rivers dost ascend, Be thou my Muse, my Brother -. I am bound, I am … Read more
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers: Introductory Note
It was in August and September, 1839, as the chronicle notes, that the voyage recorded in these pages was made. Thoreau was just past his twenty-second birthday ; be had … Read more
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers: Biographical sketch by R.W. Emerson
Henry David Thoreau was the last male descendant of a French ancestor who came to this country from the Isle of Guernsey. His character exhibited occasional traits drawn from this blood … Read more
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers: Title page and Publisher’s advertisement
PUBLISHERS’ ADVERTISEMENT This edition of the writings of Thoreau is complete in a way which was impossible in the case of all previous editions, for it contains his entire Journal, … Read more
