...confusion of cities, but in the solitude of the forest hoped to perpetuate them in his life. He says : " I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." In such passages as this he unfolds the secret of his heart. When he speaks of economy and some other...

...went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front 616 Thoreau : Hermit and Thinker. only the essential facts of life, and see if I could...was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow...

...of training himself for his especial business of daily living Thoreau gives his own account : — " I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...front only the essential facts of life, and see if I emitl not learn what it bad to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I...

...time making money. He says, " I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to find out the essential facts of life, and see if I could not...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. T did not wish to live what was not life; living is so dear; I wanted to live deep, and suck out all...

...Massachusetts, and retired to the woods to lead the life of a recluse. "I went to the woods," he writes, "because I wished to live deliberately, to front only...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I wanted to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad...

...apace. Why did Thoreau turn from the haunts of men, to a life in the woods? His own words tell us: " I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...came to die, discover that I had not lived. ... I wanted to live deep, and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to...

...cheaply nor to live dearly there, but to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles. ... I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...was not life, living is so dear ; nor did I wish to practise resignation unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow...

...different temperament, resolved to go out into the world, to absorb Nature and the health of Nature : " I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential...was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow...

...book, "Walden," in which he records his experiences as hermit at Walden Pond, he writes : "I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to...and see if I could not learn what it had to teach — I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like...

...different temperament, resolved to go out into the world, to absorb Nature and the health of Nature : " I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential...see if I could , not learn what it had to teach, and n\ .1 I came to die, discover that I had not livev . I did not wish to live what was not life, living...