Henry David Thoreau

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Term Paper Title	Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau

     Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on July 12, 1817.  His

ancestry was both Scottish and French.  Around the age of ten or twelve, his parents would allow

him to go hunting and fishing in the wilderness by himself.  While attending Concord Academy,

one of his studies included surveying.  After he graduated from Harvard, he returned to Concord

Academy to teach.  After two years of teaching, he withdrew to work in his father's pencil

factory.  After a while, the factory did not interest him and so he quit.  During the rest of his life,

he worked for money onley to make a living.

     Thoreau preferred to devote a major part of his time to nature, reading, and writing.  His

latter occupations brought him in close contact to many peple, one of which is Ralph Waldo

Emerson.  Later, they became close friends.

     Feeling that the preoccupations with business and with the accumulation of wealth had

drawn men away from the primary business of living for its own sake, he recommended a mode

of life which, because of its simplicity, would leave the individual plenty of ...

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