McCain to put greater emphasis on Maine Oct 4, 2008
Northern Maine also is known for the Can-Am Crown dog sled race, cross-country skiing and the North Woods explored by Henry David Thoreau. On the other hand, the economy is the biggest issue in the state, and that's especially true in the 2nd District, which has been harder hit by manufacturing job losses. (Concord Monitor)
University breaks ground for new Mansueto Library Oct 3, 2008
Even the name of my company, Morningstar, has roots at the University, Joe Mansueto said, describing how the name comes from the last line of one of his favorite books, Henry David Thoreau s Walden, which reads, The sun is but a morning star. Mansueto said he recalls reading that sentence during the 10th week of his first year in the College, while sitting in the Regenstein Library. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Idolatry and compassion Sep 24, 2008
One such person was Henry David Thoreau. To pay for the war, the United States imposed a poll tax. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Brave Newfoundlands to get their sea legs Sunday (1) Sep 21, 2008
"A man is not a good man to me because he will feed me if I should be starving, or warm me if I should be freezing, or pull me out of a ditch if I should ever fall into one. I can find you a Newfoundland dog that will do as much." -- Henry David Thoreau, "Walden". Wikipedia contributed to this report. (Munster Times, IN)
Faith calendar Sep 20, 2008
Henry David Thoreau, an inspiring Unitarian writer from the 19th century, can teach us something about living simply today. Visit www. (Calgary Herald)
The Great Explainer: four young minds that sound great together Sep 18, 2008
Like how they could use a quote by 19th Century philosopher Henry David Thoreau in naming the band The Great Explainer, from the quote "being was the great explainer," without totally grasping its infusion into the meaning behind one of Mercer County's top buzz bands at the moment. "I would say it relates to the fact that we are open to everything. And we just thought it sounded cool," said Karlowitsch, 21, a Steinert High School graduate. (The Trentonian, NJ)
A New York State resort offers insight into climate change Sep 17, 2008
Among the most notable American phenological records were those kept by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, his home in Virginia, and by Henry David Thoreau at Walden Pond. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Paddling Back in Time Sep 14, 2008
It is the 40th day of our journey, and I find myself on Kineo, admiring what Henry David Thoreau described as a "glorious wild view" when he climbed this mountain in 1857. Deep-blue mountains are visible through the morning haze to the east, and far below us a peregrine falcon soars by. (Boston Globe)
A textbook case of piracy Sep 9, 2008
Inevitably, a reviewer will call John Hanson Mitchell, author of "The Paradise of All These Parts: A Natural History of Boston," a latter-day Henry David Thoreau, not necessarily a compliment. Call him what you will - in real life, he edits the Massachusetts Audubon Society magazine Sanctuary - he is a smart guy, walking around, paying attention. (Boston Globe)
Essentials of Memoir Writing: What ... Sep 8, 2008
Henry David Thoreau advised, Direct your eye right inward, and you ll find a thousand regions in your mind yet undiscovered. Travel them and be expert in home-cosmography. (Suite101.com)
Horrigan to chronicle shipwreck Sep 6, 2008
Author Henry David Thoreau, heading to Cape Cod for the first time, witnessed the horror firsthand as he traveled along the Massachusetts coast. Thoreau s recollections of the wreck were published later under the title The Shipwreck in an 1855 issue of Putnam's Magazine. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Respect conscience as a moral guide Sep 5, 2008
The idea that we must respect individual conscience as a moral arbiter is a fundamental insight of the Protestant Reformation and of the American individualism of such figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. It is at the core of our traditions and our freedoms. (Albany Times Union)
Windows on Wakefield government Aug 28, 2008
Henry David Thoreau writes in his classic book WALDEN, Things do not change, we change. Such is the case with how the public interacts with town government. (Wakefield Observer, MA)
Bringing to light a former slave's story in Cohasset Aug 26, 2008
Local officials considered selecting Blight's book for the town's community-wide reading and discussion program, but chose "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson and "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau instead. Sarah Pease, who works at Buttonwood Books in the center of town, said the shop has sold about 10 copies of "A Slave No More." She and her husband, a Yale alum, recently heard Blight speak about the book in New Haven and now give copies to their friends. (Boston Globe)
Drive, the maestro said Aug 10, 2008
Henry David Thoreau extolled the sound of "a bugle in a summer night" as a pleasant reminder of "the cries emitted by wild beasts in their native forests." But on a trip through the backwoods of Maine, Thoreau had seen another side of nature. "There was there felt the presence of a force not bound to be kind to man," he wrote. (Boston Globe)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 5, 2008 Aug 6, 2008
As Henry David Thoreau said: Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. " Unfortunately, thats a concept that demagogues will never be able to grasp. Do I or Dont I wrote on Aug 5, 2008 11:14 AM:Focal Point[-] wrote on Aug 5, 2008 9:08 AM:Chuck[-] wrote on Aug 5, 2008 7:31 AM:"Due to Chuck's numerous complaints, Obama now wears a flag pin". FP You got to be joking, You joker you! Obama Flipping and caving under pressure! No, Say it ain't... (North County Times)
Hindu monks publish global magazine on Kauai Aug 6, 2008
The current issue of Hinduism Today has an article that explores Henry David Thoreau in relation to his own Hindu studies and practices. Another story looks at young Hindus from around the world who participated in a three-week pilgrimage to Cambodia, Malaysia and the subcontinent. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Anthology traces history of environmental awareness Aug 4, 2008
He begins at Concord's Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau lived in a cabin observing nature and learning the lessons it had to offer: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach." McKibben asserts that Thoreau pioneered American environmentalism and "seems to be speaking directly to our moment.". Other environmental pioneers are well-represented, from John Muir (founder of the Sierra... (Boston Globe)
Why I won't cast a vote for president Aug 3, 2008
-- Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience. Last November I found myself in a conversation with Bob and Donna, two regulars at the bar I worked in. (The Augusta Chronicle)
COLUMN: Nelson Mandela reminds me of George Washington Jul 29, 2008
Others recorded in stark and intensive fact include Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King. And there s Mandela. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Gas price might keep me closer Jul 27, 2008
Was it Henry David Thoreau, who said Id rather sit alone on a pumpkin than share a velvet pillow with a crowd. . (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Heaven on earth Jul 25, 2008
In the words of American essayist Henry David Thoreau: "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads". Indeed it is. (iAfrica.com)
Why sex is good for you Jul 23, 2008
"Good sex is good for you", a wise man once said, and if you don't believe him, then perhaps the words of Henry David Thoreau are more convincing he compared life without sex to a dried up coconut. Yes, some may say any excuse to have a good time between the sheets could be good for your health, or in other cases, very, very bad for your health if you're practising unsafe sex, or if you're hitting 90 and have a young wife named Anna Nicole. (iAfrica.com)
Libraries house treasures in addition to books Jul 20, 2008
Concord Locked in a glass case in the basement of Concord Public Library is the surveying compass used by writer Henry David Thoreau ... Locked in a glass case in the basement of Concord Public Library is the surveying compass used by writer Henry David Thoreau. (Boston Globe)
Why Thoreau makes sense Jul 14, 2008
Of course I have had my problems with Henry David Thoreau. Who hasn't. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Development proposed near historic bog Jul 8, 2008
Residents, though, are concerned more about the development s impact on Going s Swamp and Thoreau s Bog, an isolated and rare collection of flora that Henry David Thoreau once documented. We want to do this thing right to make sure it s thoughtful, Wilson said. (Concord Journal, MA)
American Artist Marsden Hartley Jul 7, 2008
Also, even beyond the wave of modernism that he was then part of, Hartley had enjoyed reading the poetry and writings of such 19th century American individualists as Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau. World War I, however, would be troubling for Hartley. (Suite101.com)
Open house to honor Thoreau Jul 6, 2008
There will be an open house at Thoreau Farm on Sunday, July 13 from 2 until 4 p.m. in honor of Henry David Thoreau s birthday. Drop in for birthday cake, and take a tour of the historic 18th-century farmhouse where Thoreau was born and learn about the restoration/rehabilitation project that is currently under way at 341 Virginia Road, Concord. (Beacon Villager, MA)
BEHIND OUR STONE WALLS: In education lies our salvation Jul 4, 2008
This well-known statement was written by Henry David Thoreau, probably in his cabin in the woods above Walden Pond in Concord, in the 1850s. Thoreau died in 1862 at the beginning of our Civil War. (Bolton Common, MA)
Franconia Notch: NH Vacation Spot Jul 2, 2008
Follow the path under the road and to a pool that Henry David Thoreau described as the bathtub of a goddess when he visited here in 1839. A small stream flows through a rock sluiceway and falls into a giant natural bowl carved in solid granite bedrock. (Suite101.com)
Week in review June 28 Jul 2, 2008
CHATHAM Searching for Thoreau, a compilation of essays by Tom Slayton, transports readers to the New England places most important to Henry David Thoreau, including the shores of Cape Cod. Slayton travels to these locations and recounts his first-hand experiences, comparing them to Thoreau s from 150 years earlier and reflecting on the changes. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Thanks to a wonderful place Jun 27, 2008
I now will end with a quote from Henry David Thoreau s Walden : I learned this, at least, by my experiment that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Advertisement. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Something from Nothing Jun 22, 2008
It was here in the 1840s on this sandy lot, unsuitable for farming, that Henry David Thoreau took his daily walks, many times to and from Ralph Waldo Emerson's house for lunch, and then wrote about his discoveries in the forest and about humans' relationship with the environment. This well-documented land is pretty heady stuff for any design firm to stick its hands into, especially one best known for revamping staid college campuses and creating beautiful public spaces out of former industrial... (Boston Globe)
High hopes for tourism Jun 19, 2008
By Holly Redmond/Staff Photographer. Jack, 13, and Peggy Colley, of Winnetka, Ill. (Concord Journal, MA)
More of this story Jun 19, 2008
Cut Bank Pioneer Press :: Cut Bank Montana News. Answer to area's economic development is Blowing in the wind. (Cut Bank Pioneer Press - Golden Triangle, MT)
'Open Book Club' hosts become the story Jun 18, 2008
Cashman is a former model and actor who has been in movies such as "Kettle of Fish" and "Fever Pitch." She runs her film and television production company, Saint Aire, which she named after a Henry David Thoreau essay. Two years ago, the friends taped a pilot, with Dubus as the featured author. (Boston Globe)
Time to change graduation rules Jun 17, 2008
As Henry David Thoreau in Walden stated, A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. As an educator, I try to remind myself of this maxim as I work to meet the changing needs of my students in the 21st century. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
A river runs through him Jun 17, 2008
The inspiration for this project came in 2001 when he was working on his Henry David Thoreau project at Walden Pond in Concord, Mass. He wanted to continue his examination of environmental issues through his traditional methods, but he felt a desire to do it closer to home. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
* [BOOK REVIEW] From the depths of the ocean, a musical treasure Jun 15, 2008
" While listening to the ocean, the scientists heard low moaning and rumbling noises that they gradually learned to identify (and dismiss) as the sound of biologicals. These turned out to be great whales communicating with one another in the deep sound channels, where their utterances traveled unimpeded across hundreds, even thousands of kilometers. In 1967, a navy researcher gave his humpback whale recordings to Roger Payne and Scott McVay, who in 1971 alerted the public to whale music... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
THS Valedictorian, Salutatorian offer advice to their peers Jun 13, 2008
Another important quote that I want you all to remember comes from Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau states, The minority is powerless when it conforms with the majority. (Thorndale Champion, TX)
Epping High School names top 10 seniors Jun 13, 2008
He quotes Henry David Thoreau: "However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names ... If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.". Mark has received the Artist of the Month Award as well as N.H. Scholastic Art Awards for the past three years including two Silver Keys, one Gold Key, and the People's Choice Award. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Scire: Today is not the end, live for tomorrow Jun 11, 2008
As Henry David Thoreau once said, You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Deep-sea groovers Jun 7, 2008
As Henry David Thoreau said, "Can he who has discovered only some of the values of whalebone and whale oil be said to have discovered the true use of the whale?". Susan Tomes's A Musician's Alphabet is published by Faber. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
COLUMN: How does one excuse priest attacking Hillary from Trinity's pulpit? Jun 6, 2008
King took the road advocated in Henry David Thoreau s essay Civil Disobedience and Mohandas Gandhi s subsequent use of it to free India from British rule. Terry McCullough, a former editor of the JG told me he thought King the greatest American of the 20th Century. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Tight knit class graduating Saturday Jun 6, 2008
Evan Deutsch was named a Henry David Thoreau scholar, Sarah Brown was given the Presidential award for academic excellence and Cameron Cope earned the Rensselaer award. Four members of the CHS Class of 2008 were awarded National Merit Commendations for scoring in the top fiver percent on their PSAT scores. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
CA grads walk on Jun 5, 2008
He said he has seen CA students risk kindness when sarcasm would have been easier, and worked the wisdom of Henry David Thoreau into his address. You are, in words found in his journal about to walk on into futurity, Stott said. (Concord Journal, MA)
Feather Colors Affect Bird Physiology, Barn Swallows Show Jun 4, 2008
5, 1998) Essayist Henry David Thoreau said that the bluebird carries the sky on its back. For more than a century, scientists have agreed, saying that blue feathers look blue for the same reason that the sky. (Science Daily)
BASE AIRLINE FEES ON WEIGHT AND SAVE FUEL Jun 1, 2008
Editor - As true today as it was then: Henry David Thoreau regarded the U.S. war with Mexico (then in progress) as an expedition to seize land, and in protest he refused to pay his poll tax. For this he was jailed. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
A place for healing: Senior class gifts garden at L-S May 29, 2008
Called simply, The Healing Garden, the small hexagonal space adjacent to the Henry David Thoreau Cabin was planted over Memorial Day weekend ... The site chosen for the garden was in the far student parking lot, on an island that was once an inner courtyard in the old school building that included the Henry David Thoreau Cabin. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Savannah is students' classroom May 27, 2008
The students will learn about water conservation and read appropriate works by environmental writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Edward Abbey, Dr. Chamlee said. Students also are responsible for learning about historic projects on the trip, such as the Augusta Canal, which they discussed Sunday night, he said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Inmate activist faces trial in Gitmo protest May 24, 2008
It s not just a Henry David Thoreau thing. The laws are being violated here. (Scranton Times, PA)
Remembering Emerson May 23, 2008
Emerson was a member of an informal group of Concord residents known as the "Walden Walking Society" (consisting of himself, Ellery Channing, Henry David Thoreau, and Bronson Alcott) that met for long country strolls and conversation every Sunday morning. In his essay, Emerson paid special tribute to Thoreau, portraying him as the model nature lover, more in touch with the land than the agriculturalist and also a clever prankster. (The Atlantic Online)
Retiring Central Lee teacher takes students fishing one last time. May 22, 2008
Legendary American mind Henry David Thoreau once said, Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Many Central Lee Middle School students echoed that thought on Tuesday morning during retiring teacher Kathy Nelson's final Fish Iowa outing held at Jim and Jane Zane's pond across Highway 218 from the Central Lee campus. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Things I Should Have Learned May 21, 2008
"Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried." -Henry David Thoreau. New Englander or not, he must have been a Southerner at heart. (Townhall.com)
Where art thrives: Group blends different artistic styles, spreads creativity in region May 20, 2008
Along the pathway to the sparse, yet inspiring, garden are signs reflecting Abolt's own aesthetic and life philosophies, including a famous quote from Henry David Thoreau: "My profession is always to be alert, to find God in Nature, to know God's lurking plans, to attend to all the oratorios and the operas in nature.". "That's the real joy of my artistic work ... being out in the woods or walking on a beach and finding a piece of wood that speaks to me," Abolt says. (Missoulian, MT)
David Mixner's life in Clinton, gay politics May 20, 2008
"I get up in the morning and I talk to the deer. Wild turkeys made a nest in back of my house, and we're going to have a bunch of babies soon. An old owl puts me to sleep at night. "I like to say I went up there to become Henry David Thoreau and ended up being Doctor Dolittle," he says with a laugh. Two satellite dishes deliver DSL and TV reception so he can stay informed. "I spend four to six hours a day researching and writing the blog," Mixner says. The blog is just 18 months old, but it's... (San Francisco Chronicle)
'We Went to See the Ocean' May 18, 2008
Beginning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau set off on a series of journeys to Cape Cod. And like the endless number of New Englanders who would follow in his steps, he was mesmerized. (Boston Globe)
Boost Your Immune System May 17, 2008
" In addition, studies have shown that or more of physical activity 5 times per week, showed improvements in physical functioning. Seventy volunteers 70 or olderparticipated in random home-based progressive strength, balance, general-physical-activity intervention, or received home-based nutrition education. After six months, each volunteer was tested for strength, balance, gait speed and cardiovascular endurance. The researchers concluded that minimally supervised exercise is safe and can... (Suite101.com)
One Book, One Community, One Conversation May 10, 2008
A friend of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, he was largely absent in his daughter s classic tale because he was off serving as a chaplain in the Civil War. Brooks meticulously pieced together research from letters and journals to create a story about Bronson Alcott s experience in the war, of slavery, and how it challenged his faith in himself and the Union. (North Andover Citizen, MA)
In faded pics, memories, meaning of prom comes into focus May 8, 2008
Henry David Thoreau warned us to "distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes." As someone who has spent half the day staring floorward and thinking look how cute my feet are in these new peep-toe wedges. I'm tempted to say, "Fie on you, Nature Boy. Go back to the woods.". (Cleveland.com)
Letter to the Editor • Property tax situation is a mess May 8, 2008
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation ..." said Henry David Thoreau. That rings true for those who still choose to list their principal address as being in Augusta-Richmond County. (The Augusta Chronicle)
A chip off the ol' writer's block Apr 21, 2008
Her last book was "American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work" (Simon ter, 2006). She says people may feel there's an advantage to a family name, but it also spurs people to be more critical than they might be otherwise. (Fresno Bee)
Earthly Treasures: Local environmentalists share a passion Apr 20, 2008
The environmental movement has evolved from Henry David Thoreau writing about Walden Pond to the creation in the early 1900s of the National Park Service to such legislation as the Clean Air Act in the 1960s to former Vice President Al Gore's climate-change movie, An Inconvenient Truth. It wasn't always that way. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Read the entire DAR winning essay Apr 19, 2008
We can experience compassion from great American poets and philosophers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. But above all, we can learn about the ability to love our country from every one of our ancestors who lived in this land. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Exchange Hall garners support Apr 17, 2008
Henry David Thoreau lectured there and former Boston mayor and John Honey Fitz Fitzgerald, maternal grandfather of President John F. Kennedy, once displayed his singing chops in the third-floor function room. Over the years, however, the building has languished. (Acton Beacon, MA)
