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David Henry Thoreau was born on July 12, , in Concord, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of three children to John and Synthia Thoreau. He studied at Harvard from , majoring in English. Thoreau was a companion of Ralph Aldo Emerson, who patronized him and introduced him to some of the most important writers and thinkers of his time. Thoreau's early publications were made possible initially only after pressure from Emerson, who suggested that his apprentice should write his observations in his journal. Thoreau's principles of non-violence and his opposition to the Mexican-American War was also inspired by Emerson. His essay "A Walk to Wachussett" was published in the January issue of The Boston Miscellany. Thoreau spent a few months later in in New York, tutoring Emerson's sons, and trying to be published.
On the 4-th of July, , Thoreau embarked on his two-year experiment in simple living. He lived in a tiny self-built house on the shore of Walden Pond, on the land owned by Emerson on the outskirts of Concord. There Thoreau had an ideal environment for thinking and writing. However, he once spent a night in jail for refusing to pay six years of delinquent poll taxes. During that time he published an elegy to his late brother, putting himself into de
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Thoreau's Life
Thoreau&#;s Life
by Richard J. Schneider
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