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12 Cards in this Set
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What is abode?
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House; home
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What is the significance of the date he moved into his cottage?
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It was Independence Day
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What is the significance of Thoreau's reference to Concord?
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He was born and raised there
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In what ways does the setting of Walden seem appropriate to the connection to Concord?
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He was born and raised in Concord
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What are Thoreau's reasons for moving to the woods?
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He wanted to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, to see what it had to teach, and learn from it.
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What is Thoreau's remedy for our hectic, detail-crowded lives?
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simplicity
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What does "keep your accounts on your thumbnail" mean?
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Keep your accounts small
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What might the "clouds and storms of life" be?
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Everyday struggles
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What does "Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in" mean?
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Time is like a stream; it's constantly moving and changing; life is short
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What does he say he wants to spend his time trying to understand?
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He wants to understand how things and people change; the seasons of life
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How does he feel he can find some of the answers he seeks?
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Watching the seasons
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What did Thoreau mean when he said a baby is wiser than an adult.
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A baby's life is the ultimate simplicity
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