Comments on: Walden and Civil Disobedience / Henry David Thoreau http://reading.kingrat.biz/reviews/walden-civil-disobedience-henry-david-thoreau Books make me happy. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pete morgan http://reading.kingrat.biz/reviews/walden-civil-disobedience-henry-david-thoreau#comment-3939 Pete morgan Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:30:42 +0000 http://www.kingrat.biz/wpb/?p=20#comment-3939 Like your Blog. Just started reading Walden again after several years abscence: first chapter "Economy". I like Henry's style- he is a wonderful writer- but I would find it easier to accept him as guide and mentor if he had lived the life he castigates- Concord farmer or merchant- and walked away from it- but as it is, he spends two years living on borrowed land (Emersons) and then talks about how horrendous land ownership is. He is, as you pointed out, a dilletante. He reminds me of Jesus on the Mount: Jesus never had to support himself as a carpenter and Thoreau never ran a farm. economy Like your Blog. Just started reading Walden again after several years abscence: first chapter “Economy”. I like Henry’s style- he is a wonderful writer- but I would find it easier to accept him as guide and mentor if he had lived the life he castigates- Concord farmer or merchant- and walked away from it- but as it is, he spends two years living on borrowed land (Emersons) and then talks about how horrendous land ownership is. He is, as you pointed out, a dilletante. He reminds me of Jesus on the Mount: Jesus never had to support himself as a carpenter and Thoreau never ran a farm.

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