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A Page in Thoreau's Journal
Thoreau's two-million-word diary was once
viewed merely as the sketchbook for more accomplished works.
Today it is appreciated in itself - for its unstructured freedom,
its many styles, and its modern character.
- Where should I start? We recommend A Year in Thoreau's Journal: 1851,
Penguin Classics, 1993. Thoreau was 34 at this time and just starting to
use his journal to record extensive science observations nearly every day.
- This
web page offers occasional passages from
the Journal.
In keeping with this year's focus on
Thoreau in Our Time, we offer the following thought written on
June 16, 1854:
I feel that to some extent, the state has
fatally interfered with my just and proper business. It has not merely
interrupted me in my passage through Court Street on errands of trade, but it
has to some extent interrupted me and ever man on his onward and upward path
in which he had trusted soon to leave Court Street far behind. I have found
that hollow which I had relied on for solid.
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Students!
You have our permission to quote from (not copy from) these web pages
about Thoreau --
provided that you acknowledge it in your bibliography as follows.
Calliope Film Resources. "A
Page in Thoreau's Journal."
Copyright CFR. http://www.calliope.org/thoreau/thournal.html
[And add the date on which you visited this web page.]
Teachers!
Thoreau is your gateway to the "American Renaissance,"
the Transcendentalists, environmental science, the turbulent
decades leading up to the Civil War... and key figures and episodes
in African
American history.
Use these Thoreau pages and links provided by Calliope to enhance
your curriculum.
Thoreau = Interdisciplinary
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