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The work is a rumination on selfreliance, the majesty of nature and the duty of the individual to express ones singularity. Though his family moved the following year, they returned in 1823. The writings of henry david thoreau, volume 8 of 20 index of the project gutenberg works of h. Henry david thoreau12 july 1817 6 may 1862 henry david thoreau was an american author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.
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