... and green at another, even from the same point of view." In Henry David Thoreau's autobiography Walden, Thoreau informs us of his odyssey to enlightenment through communion through nature. The book is as much as a journal of his experiences as a guide in the pursuit of transcendental experience and self-reliance. The meanings of Walden pond are various, and near the conclusion of the book, this small body of water comes to symbolize almost everything ... and he is able to try and retrieve it. The pond is clear enough for him to see the bottom. He can easily determine the exact distance ...

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