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David Henry Thoreau was born on July 12, , in Concord, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of three children to John and Synthia Thoreau. He studied at Harvard from , majoring in English. Thoreau was a companion of Ralph Aldo Emerson, who patronized him and introduced him to some of the most important writers and thinkers of his time. Thoreau's early publications were made possible initially only after pressure from Emerson, who suggested that his apprentice should write his observations in his journal. Thoreau's principles of non-violence and his opposition to the Mexican-American War was also inspired by Emerson. His essay "A Walk to Wachussett" was published in the January issue of The Boston Miscellany. Thoreau spent a few months later in in New York, tutoring Emerson's sons, and trying to be published.
On the 4-th of July, , Thoreau embarked on his two-year experiment in simple living. He lived in a tiny self-built house on the shore of Walden Pond, o
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Thoreau's Life
Thoreau&#;s Life
by Richard J. Schneider
Henry David Thoreau () was born and lived nearly all his life in Concord, Massachusetts, a small town about twenty miles west of Boston. He received his education at the public school in Concord and at the private Concord Academy. Proving to be a better scholar than his more fun-loving and popular elder brother John, he was sent to Harvard. He did well there and, despite having to drop out for several months for financial and health reasons, was graduated in the top half of his class in
Thoreau&#;s graduation came at an inauspicious time. In , America was experiencing an economic depression and jobs were not plentiful. Furthermore, Thoreau found han själv temperamentally unsuited for three of the four usual professions open to Harvard graduates: the ministry, the law, and medicine. The fourth, teaching, was one he felt comfortable with, since both of his elder siblings, Helen and John, were already teachers. He wa
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