...work is this selection taken from? 2) How do you understand the philosophical ideas in these words? I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...wish to live what 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...

...possible for you? These same stars twinkle over other fields than these. - Walden, "The Ponds," 1854 I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...wish to live what was not life, living is so dear, nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck...

...experienced. His experiment revealed deep currents and a possible direction for the emerging American culture. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...wish to live what 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...

...Abbruch dem Ich ebenso neue Kräfte zuwachsen wie durch den Impuls des Bauens selbst. Die Textstellen „I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived" (lOOf.) und „I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that...

...clothing, and shelter. As he later wrote in the "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" chapter of Wdden: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Living no more than a mile (1.6 km) from the center of town, Thoreau was close enough to visit Concord...

...apartment where I was staying. I dusted off the front of the book, and as I opened to the first page, read: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Little did I know those words would change my life forever. My initial response to that famous passage...

...CAZAYOUX • UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE lNTRODUCTlON Henry David Thoreau wrote in Walden, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." My belief is that humankind's psyche and soul are closely tied to the natural environment, and that...

...delighted him. The initial, incantatory sentence, however many times I read it, remains thrilling: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." The woods? Why not foreign travel or political ambition or philandering? The woods? What did trees...

...why he built a cabin in the woods surrounding Walden Pond and lived there two years and two months: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived" (81). Like Frankl, Thoreau understood that learning from life meant meeting life and living it no matter...

...exist till the end of time, for my being has no end. Kahili Gibran 1883-1931 Anthem of Humanity 23. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry D. Thoreau 1817-1862 Where I Lived, and What I Lived For 24. I have felt A presence that disturbs...