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Chris joined the group
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Alireza Taghdarreh left a comment on a post Walking 1-15 in the group
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Being part and parcel of Nature imprisons man and reduces him to a limited and lower level of existence. In Nature, Emerson rises above nature and says, ““Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its ho […]
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Jacob Watson left a comment on a post Solitude in the group
General Discussion: 1 year, 8 months ago
Okay I have been reading Paradice lost By John Milton, however me though on this line is what if it is an experiment? That is what fascinates me about society is that it is a giant social experiment that we live […]
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Allison Cummings left a comment on a post The Village in the group
General Discussion: 1 year, 9 months ago
Great comments above, folks. He does view village life anthropologically: “I went there frequently to observe their habits.” His time in the woods has given him a certain remove from society, and animals are now […]
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Jacob left a comment on a post Where I Lived, And What I Lived For 1-12 in the group
General Discussion: 1 year, 10 months ago
This got me thinking about the seasons, like Spring, Summer, winter and fall. However, I had the realization that we could apply this to life. Spring is like when we are a child, we start to grow and learn, summer […]
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Jacob Watson joined the group
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Allison Cummings left a comment on a post Economy 1-14 in the group
General Discussion: 1 year, 10 months ago
[civilized life]
irony.
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Alireza Taghdarreh left a comment on a post Walking 1-15 in the group
General Discussion: 1 year, 12 months ago
[Half the walk is but retracing our steps.]
It was this far reaching vision of Henry Thoreau who brought him to my literature and culture in Iran. I am Thoreau’s Iranian translator. Thoreau did not wish to […]
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Jada Ramsey left a comment on a post House-Warming 10-19 in the group
General Discussion: 2 years, 1 month ago
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Jada Ramsey left a comment on a post House-Warming 10-19 in the group
General Discussion: 2 years, 1 month ago
[It is now many years that men have resorted to the forest for fuel and the materials of the arts;]
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Jada Ramsey joined the group
General Discussion 2 years, 1 month ago
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Joshua Arroyo joined the group
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Rick Visser left a comment on a post Sounds 1-11 in the group
General Discussion: 2 years, 3 months ago
[Read your fate, see what is before you, and walk on into futurity.]
I wonder if T may be suggesting a deeper sense of ‘reading,’ perhaps related to the concept of reading put forward by Simone Weil in her […]
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Rick Visser left a comment on a post Spring 1-13 in the group
General Discussion: 2 years, 3 months ago
Yes, Allison. For a time, we lived on the shores of Lake Champlain: Cumberland Head, north of Plattsburgh, NY. Once, as we returned home from a long trip on an extremely cold winter night (-15 F), we were stopped […]
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Rick Visser left a comment on a post Winter Animals in the group
General Discussion: 2 years, 3 months ago
Regarding “forms” and the difference between Rabbits and Hares, according to Wikipedia:
Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified in the same family as rabbits. They […] -
Allison Cummings left a comment on a post Spring 1-13 in the group
General Discussion: 2 years, 9 months ago
maybe you need to live near a big lake to hear this, but I’ve heard it. As Kenny said, the ice cracks and booms and it’s Loud!
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Allison Cummings left a comment on a post The Village in the group
General Discussion: 2 years, 9 months ago
[Every day or two I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there, circulating either from mouth to mouth, or from newspaper to newspaper, and which, taken in homœopathic […]
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Anna Forth joined the group
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Allison Cummings left a comment on a post Economy 45-58 in the group
General Discussion: 2 years, 9 months ago
This is a very important line (buried in this paragraph), and worth considering whenever you’re about to spend a lot of money! Thoreau didn’t want to expend any life for material things, reasonably, since his life […]
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