I am glad that Thoreau got rid of the extra part that was in Version A. I think that his comparisons are good enough without having to go one step further, closer to the edge that readers wouldn’t want to continue […]

I also find it interesting that he would write such things about his neighbors and visitors in the chapter titled “solitude”. Thoreau probably understood that solitude was for him, and the visitors and neighbors […]

To answer your question, I don’t think Thoreau knew he wanted to write a conclusion until he had edited it. I think, with a writer with such thoughts as his, he never was fully completed, or satisfied with his […]

Thank you for sharing that with us! I definitely had no idea that these paragraphs were added into the original text. These do add to the text as a whole as he is explaining, in full detail, the newness of spring. […]