Henry Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on July 12, 1817. He was
born to parents that were very intelligent, yet poor and undistinguished. Despite their struggle
with poverty, "their home was a center of affection and vivacity." Thoreau was the third of four children
and he sh ....
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.... was forced to close down after John became ill in 1841. He lived with his friend
and fellow scholar Ralph Waldo Emerson, keeping house and doing chores in exchange for rent
and board. In 1843, he journeyed to the home of Emerson’s brother William to tutor. Soon after
the death of John in 1842, Thoreau went to live at Walden Pond, partially as a tribute to his
beloved brother. When he returned from Walden in September of 1847, he again performed an
assortment of job ....
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