tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post8677115003270105741..comments2023-05-31T09:43:17.901+01:00Comments on The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Sound Acorns and the Drowning TestThoreau's Journal: 18-Apr-1859 Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-84550202615383975812008-04-29T03:20:00.000+01:002008-04-29T03:20:00.000+01:00Thoreau's drowning test seems to support his idea ...Thoreau's drowning test seems to support his idea that experience in addition to knowledge is important. Through trial, he devised his own method of determining which acorns were "sound ones" for his uses on the Walden lot. Thoreau's style of writing suggests his own ideas, but also encourages the audience to go beyond and make their own opinions. Similarly, Thoreau knew how to tell which acorns Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-78164461777522023492008-04-28T17:27:00.000+01:002008-04-28T17:27:00.000+01:00I find the statement "Each man looks at things fro...I find the statement "Each man looks at things from his own point of view" very true to both Thoreau, as well as society in general. If this were not true, there would be no variation in the world, or alternate opinions. <BR/><BR/>I often find that there are some things I treasure, while others could easily disgard them. This goes along with the saying, "one man's trash is another's treasure". <Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-7576079255347055272008-04-24T18:03:00.000+01:002008-04-24T18:03:00.000+01:00Unless you plan on selling it or otherwise claimin...Unless you plan on selling it or otherwise claiming Henry's text to be your own, I see no problem with you having a personal hardcopy of some text from his Journal.<BR/><BR/>Ah, the era of lawyers and lawsuits. Who needs Big Brother when you have them to keep us in our alleged places?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-33045413092190342402008-04-23T18:57:00.000+01:002008-04-23T18:57:00.000+01:00thank you! I read it and print it out to read as a...thank you! <BR/><BR/>I read it and print it out to read as a paper form. If you don't permit it I will destroy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-87407295616987518952008-04-20T20:30:00.000+01:002008-04-20T20:30:00.000+01:00"So each man looks at things from his own point of..."So each man looks at things from his own point of view."<BR/><BR/>It's interesting how in the midst of his seemingly random observations, Thoreau comes out with such profound and true statements that are just as prevalent today as they were when he wrote them. Hence, the nature of philosophy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com