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Thanksgiving is one of those few national holidays when a semi-religious sentiment is allowed. It peeks through in reply to two obvious questions: Thanksgiving to whom for what? In search of an answer, it seems appropriate to quote three notable Americans on what this observance meant to them. The three writers are Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, and George Washington.
Henry David Thoreau: “My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite — only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it….My breath is sweet to me.”
Thoreau, the dean of American nature writers, is the man who spent a year living in semi-solitude in the woods near a pond and then wrote a book named for the pond — Walden. The volume stands today as one of the enduring landmarks of American letters.
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Henry David Thoreau: “My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite — only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it….My breath is sweet to me.”
Thoreau, the dean of American nature writers, is the man who spent a year living in semi-solitude in the woods near a pond and then wrote a book named for the pond — Walden. The volume stands today as one of the enduring landmarks of American letters.
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Thanksgiving to whom?
From Thoreau’s individualism to Twain’s critique and Washington’s reverence, delve into three unique perspectives on Thanksgiving.
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