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This suggests that age is not only a matter of years, but of inward energy. It can be read as saying that once enthusiasm fades, a person can seem older than someone much more advanced in age, because curiosity and delight keep life feeling open. It lands when routine has drained a person and everything begins to feel heavy and repetitive.
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About Henry David Thoreau
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. He is closely associated with the transcendentalist movement and is best known for Walden and for his essay "Civil Disobedience". Walden reflects on simple living in natural surroundings. "Civil Disobedience" argues that citizens may resist an unjust state. Thoreau's writing often returns to independence, conscience, and a close attention to nature.
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