It has peaks and valleys, periods of latency as well as of inspired perception. Walden chronicles spiritual growth, but the progress of this growth is not linear. He focuses on the search itself and the compelling need to make it. He does not - cannot - spell out for the reader the spiritual truth that lies at the end of the journey. Thoreau recounts his personal quest to demonstrate to his readers the possibility of surmounting the obstacles that materialistic society places in the path of the individual. Walden is, above all, the account of Thoreau's own exploration of his capabilities and his search for spiritual understanding. Thoreau's "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers".Selected Chronology of Thoreau's Writings.Emerson's "The Divinity School Address".Selective Chronology of Emerson's Writings.Forms of Expressing Transcendental Philosophy.
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