Walden

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Walden by Henry David Thoreau

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately,

to front only the essential facts of life,

and see if I could not learn what it had to teach and not,

when I came to die,

discover that I had not lived.

I did not wish to live what was not life,

living is so dear;

nor did I wish to practise resignation,

unless it was quite necessary.

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life,

to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life,

to cut a broad swath and shave close,

to drive life into a corner,

and reduce it to its lowest terms.

Peace :D