Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books-John Lubbock. People in our society are always trying to get back to nature to escape their busy lives and clear their minds. Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” and Emerson’s “Nature” stress the fact that nature not only helps us as humans, but can hold the key to a lot of the questions we have.
Firstly, both pieces of text discuss how nature can help humans relax from their stress filled lives. Nowadays this is a huge problem, people are taking medications that they don't need, and try to go 60MPH 25 hours a day. Thoreau wants people to take their lives slower but it will be difficult
Firstly, both pieces of text discuss how nature can help humans relax from their stress filled lives. Nowadays this is a huge problem, people are taking medications that they don't need, and try to go 60MPH 25 hours a day. Thoreau wants people to take their lives slower but it will be difficult