1. HENRY DAVID THOREAU:
Visionary of Nature or Dirty, White Hippie?
Attended Harvard for $188 per year.
232 students
Met Emerson as teacher of rhetoric at Harvard. Took eight terms of Greek and Latin, five terms of German, and two terms of Spanish.

2. Left the school afterward.
He said of Harvard: “It contains all the branches of education, but none of the roots.”
Started as a teacher at the Concord elementary school, but lasted only 2 weeks before he was told to whip the children. He resigned instead.

3. Took a job at William Emerson’s home in the 1840s as a handyman
Took a job at William Emerson’s home in the 1840s as a handyman. During his employment, he built a cabin at Walden pond.
went on walks four hours a day. He often read or wrote for four hours a day.
struggled with narcolepsy.
actively hid slaves.

4. He started “Walden” in 1846, just a few months after moving there
He started “Walden” in 1846, just a few months after moving there. Six years later he rewrote the manuscript several times.
“Walden” has been treasured by may as one of the ultimate expressions of American rugged individualism.

24. “Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.”
“I had rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”