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When a man is able to live his philosophy, it becomes more than a theoretical construction of his mind. It becomes his attitude and his way of having experience. Few men achieve this unification of mind, aspiration, and event. Too few, perhaps, even try. Yet some do, and Walden, by Henry David Thoreau, has as its subject precisely this attempt.
Though apparently an account of Thoreau’s two-year sojourn at Walden Pond, Walden reveals his coming of age during the years in which he wrote it. It can be read, therefore, as Henry David Thoreau’s spiritual autobiography. Walden is, however, more than an account or an autobiography. It is a work of art. Because of its artistry, we are able to perceive experientially Thoreau’s psychic and moral growth, and we can begin to understand the relevance of his growth.
Thoreau tells us early in Walden that he aspired to live a noble life though most men live mean ones, and, to judge from the resolute tone of the opening chapter, he has a......

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