ftboreau 



the author's pages, though he is eloquent over 

 Greek poets, addresses a mountain, or weaves into 

 splendid imagery the smoke that at sunrise he 

 sees curling from his neighbor's chimney. 



Thoreau had no predecessor and can have no 

 successor. He was the product of conditions 

 that can never again arise, for to expect another 

 Concord with its galaxy of intellectual giants is 

 utterly vain. He was one whose influence will 

 last as long as our language shall remain. 



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