In 1845, Thoreau, an American author and naturalist, built himself a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. He spent the next two years, two months, and two days there, observing nature, reading, and writing. He also kept a journal that he later used to write his masterpiece, Walden, or Life in the Woods, which compresses his time there into a single calendar year and uses the passage of the seasons to symbolize human development. What were Thoreau's enigmatic last words? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst9621_Henry-David-Thoreau-Begins-Two-Years-of-Simple-Living--1845-.aspx)
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