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Henry David Thoreau's Walden

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The quotation comes from the chapter, “Conclusion,” in Henry David Thoreau’s book, Walden. Thoreau discusses how people should only follow themselves, reflecting Emerson’s idea of self-reliance. The truth one should follow is written in nature. The drummer is your heart. The heart will guide you the way it is meant to if you listen to it. Thoreau encourages readers to listen to their inner truth. Thoreau discusses in his first chapter, “Economy,” that he left society to find himself. He believed that society dulled what humans were intended for. People were defined by a title instead for being themselves. Their mind was dulled by routine and their soul was inactive. Thoreau implores that we look at ourselves, because if we follow what nature
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