... He didn't believe in careers or money, he thought all of it was nonsense and madness. So much so that he was willing to express these beliefs to someone he had just met, "So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they ... to live with the most happiness and meaning. Thoreau and others such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, known as transcendentalists, also believe that nature is key with living a simple life. That by being nature, and most of the time, alone in nature, we can then see what is the most important to us and...

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