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Henry David Thoreau was a Rebel
Henry David Thoreau was a rebel. Walden can be seen as an account
of his rebellion. By the 1840's, life had changed throughout New England,
even in the heart of America's rebellion, Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau
wrote that "I have traveled a good deal in Concord" (Krutc ....
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.... The quality of life throughout America was rapidly changing when
Henry cast his critical eye on Concord. Where others saw progress and
prosperity, he saw wastefulness and poverty. "We live meanly, like ants"
(173).
The transcendentalists were deeply concerned about the quality of life in
America. A great tide of material prosperity, checked only temporarily by
the crises of 1837 and 1839 and the ensuing depression, had overtaken the
country. Everything was expanding by leaps and bounds. Virgin territories
were being opened to settlement from Illinois to Oregon. ....
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