Comments on: Walden http://polytropos.wordpress.com/2004/10/10/walden/ A blog of twists and turns Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:33:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: MIchael http://polytropos.wordpress.com/2004/10/10/walden/#comment-2335 Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:57:49 +0000 http://polytropos.wordpress.com/2004/10/10/walden/#comment-2335 All I’ve ever done with Walden is skim parts of it. This makes me want to read it slowly. I loved the parts you quoted.

]]> By: Jeff http://polytropos.wordpress.com/2004/10/10/walden/#comment-2334 Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:52:35 +0000 http://polytropos.wordpress.com/2004/10/10/walden/#comment-2334 I think that nostalgia for the past, passion in the present (Thoreau’s “deliberate living”), and longing for the future are simply different aspects of the same thing.

Just my sentimental two cents, smelling all cloying and insipid. But still true.

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