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A 4 page paper which examines living simply as seen through quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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of being happy with oneself and not always looking for more, pushing the limit, struggling throughout life. In short, they advocated living simply. It is likely that their works were
something of a reaction to the hustle and bustle of their day and age when the Industrial Revolution had taken full hold and people seemed to struggle especially hard, not
unlike present day life. The following paper examines the focus of living simply in the eyes, and work, of Emerson (Self-Reliance) and Thoreau (Walden). Living Simply: Emerson and
Thoreau In Thoreaus words he urged the reader, in his work Walden, to focus on a truth and an existence that involved, "Simplicity,
Simplicity, Simplicity!" (Thoreau). Clearly this is reiterated so that the reader can understand and really comprehend the statement and the urgency of the statement. People today may look back at
Thoreaus time and envision it as already very simple but Thoreau understood that society could be incredibly complex, that economic pursuit and material pursuit, could really make people forget the
simpler pleasures and realities in life. It is much like that old adage of how people should "stop and smell the roses," slowing down and living simply, pushing aside the
complexities that can be lived without. This sort of perspective is further seen in a statement in his work wherein he states,
"Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life" (Thoreau). So often, especially today, people are always in a hurry for one thing or another and in the
process they find themselves at the end of their life without ever really having enjoyed anything. This is a very easy trap to fall into and one that Thoreau clearly
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