![]() ![]() The American writer and transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau (12th July 1817–6th May 1862), friend and admirer of Emerson, also found inspiration from the great outdoors. ![]() Indeed, Ralph Waldo Emerson devoted an entire poem to the virtues of Mother Earth. So I often love to go off in search of Waldeinsamkeit, the German word meaning “forest solitude”, being sublimely alone in the woods and feeling at one with nature. THE OLDER I get, the simpler life becomes and all I yearn for is wholesome food, an early night and walking in the countryside. Sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields,Ībsolutely free from all worldly engagements.” “I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, ![]()
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