361 Five Glimpses of Gratitude (Maya Angelou, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sharon Olds, Henry David Thoreau, WS Merwin)
The History of Literature
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Henry David Thoreau - A Dead Man
"I like how blake seems to be a good sport about this affectionate toward thoreau when he looks back on the letters he received. But boy, thore's a bit annoying, isn't he? I like his idea of being a tree or a post as his thoughts about living in nature, but he's condescending," writes Blake. "You idiot, dead man. You're nothing compared to us."
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