Walking -- Henry David Thoreau

<p>"I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil--to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that."</p> <p>Henry David Thoreau, noted transcendentalist, wrote <em>Walking</em> as a message of the battle between the importance of nature and the pull of the demands of society, while at the same time writing his other environmental work, <em>Walden.</em></p> <p>First delivered by Thoreau in 1851, <em>Walking, </em>or also known as <em>The Wild, </em> this essay was not only popular with the public, but also considered by Thoreau himself as, "... a sort of introduction to all that I may write hereafter."</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Henry David Thoreau<br><b>Publisher:</b> Chump Change<br><b>Published:</b> 04/23/1851<br><b>Pages:</b> 42<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.52lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781945644238