494 Three Roads Back - How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives (with Megan Marshall)
The History of Literature
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Death and Decay
Bob offers a thorough writing about little Waldo, he said he died as the mist rises from the brook which the sun will soon dart his rays through do not the flowers die every autumn. He goes on to say, and nature will not manifest any sorrow at his little Waldo's death but soon the note of the lark will be heard down in the meadow. In some ways almost too sad but also as I said he find joy in the start of renewal. Yeah, when he faced his own debt I guess I'd say also you know, throw dive fairly young to and perhaps in some way this philosophy was a way of coming to terms with his own early death he knew
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