tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post6100319820300709515..comments2023-05-31T09:43:17.901+01:00Comments on The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau's Journal: 05-Nov-1857Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-86408611824803093062007-11-08T14:13:00.000+00:002007-11-08T14:13:00.000+00:00Yeah, and Thoreau would be astonished by the Ameri...Yeah, and Thoreau would be astonished by the American lifestyle of profligate consumption of today. His yankeefrugality would be offended.Northlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099457919565191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-23494210363732856292007-11-06T22:25:00.000+00:002007-11-06T22:25:00.000+00:00It would appear that Thoreau was considering other...It would appear that Thoreau was considering other's pride in possessing lumber from the Maine woods rather than the more common "western" local lumber, and this discussion is followed by an ellipsis mark and then today's quote. So whether part of the passage was illegible or edited out or considered unimportant by Thoreau in explaining further how lumber to build houses was status in his time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com