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The Journal of Henry David Thoreau

 

Journal
Thoreau’s Journals (Photograph by Herbert Gleason)
Journal I: 1837 - 1846

Journal II: 1850 - September 15, 1851

Journal III: September 16, 1851 - April 30, 1852

Journal IV: May 1, 1852 - February 27, 1853

Journal V: March 5 - November 30, 1853

Journal VI: December 1853 - August 1854

Journal VII: September 1, 1854 - October 30, 1855

Journal VIII: November 1, 1855- August 15, 1856

Journal IX: August 16, 1856 - August 7, 1857

Journal X: August 8, 1857 - June 29, 1858

Journal XI: July 2, 1858 - February 28, 1859

Journal XII: March 2, 1859 - November 30, 1859

Journal XIII: December 1, 1859 - July 31, 1860

Journal XIV: August 1, 1860 - November 3, 1861

     
     

     

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    I want nothing new, if I can have but a tithe of the old secured to me. I will spurn all wealth beside. Think of the consummate folly of attempting to go away from here! When the constant endeavor should be to get nearer and nearer here!—Journal, 1 November 1858

     
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