http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l164/ArtSmith1972/normal_6300010281.jpg Gentlemen.... while your back and forth intellectual fencing match was interesting, and I too learned and gained vocabulary, the post was hi-jacked and steered way off course from answering the very interesting and complex qu...

I first read Walden about six or seven years ago. Previous to Walden, I had read Cape Cod, Civil Disobedience, and some misc. material online. Although I enjoyed these others, it was Walden that had a profound effect on me, and it was this book that cemented my love for his writing. I have always be...