WALDEN: obligatory book

Henry Thoreau

"His face, once seen, could not be forgotten. The features were quite marked: the nose aquiline or very Roman, like one of the portraits of Caesar (more like a beak, as was said); large overhanging brows above the deepest set blue eyes that could be seen, in certain lights, and in others gray, eyes expressive of all shades of feeling, but never weak or near-sighted; the forehead not unusually broad or high, full of concentrated energy and purpose; the mouth with prominent lips, pursed up with meaning and thought when silent, and giving out when open with the most varied and unusual instructive sayings". A friend, Ellery Channing.

"The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?" Thoreau

• The tour begins on a hill overlooking Walden Pond, about 95 years ago. Walden: Thoreau's 1845 experiment in living well.
  He also wrote:
  The Maine Woods - Three excursions to the backwoods of Maine in 1846, 1853, and 1857, including an attempt to climb Maine's tallest mountain. With annotated text, a route map and related links.
  Cape Cod - Four trips to the Cape from 1849 to 1857 are narrated as a single visit; Thoreau walked most of the way. With related links, including Henry's own map.
  Essays:
  Civil Disobedience - 1849 essay on the right and obligation to follow your conscience, with annotated text and related links.
  Life without Principle - an 1854 lecture evolved into this essay: Thoreau rails against a culture whose primary focus is financial.
  Slavery in Massachusetts - At an 1854 rally, Thoreau vigorously attacks the support of slavery in his home state.
  Walking - In 1862 Thoreau described wilderness as a treasure to be preserved rather than a resource to be plundered. With annotated text and related links.

• No excuses: todo, todo, todo, todo sobre Thoreau, incluidos libros/books included in this amazing web:
  The Thoreau Reader
  The works of Henry D. Thoreau, 1817-1862