Henry David Thoreau
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Why was such a wonderful writer? He had many great qualities, but the most important were his devotion to nature and writing, his desire for independence, and his experiences he encountered throughout his life. looked to nature as the basis of life and writing. He believed that nature is the refl ....
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.... through intimacy with nature, and also through writing that would express this experience. It was his life in nature that was his great theme.
In order for Thoreau to write so much on nature he had to be familiar with it. His knowledge of the woods and fields, of the rivers, the ponds, and swamps, of every plant and animal was outstanding. Emerson even stated, "His power of observation seemed to indicate additional senses." Thoureau wrote a book titled Walden(1854) in which the theme o ....
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