... a simple house, money is not needed in large quantities. What use does a person have for money in the ideal lifestyle that Thoreau describes? The less money a person spends on the essentials of life, food, shelter, and fuel, the less work that person will have to do to earn that money back to get out of debt, which allows that person to ... , but for reasons vastly different from Thoreau's. Whereas Thoreau recognizes reading classic literature as essential to being a complete and well-rounded person, George Babbitt believes that the only reason to study Shakespeare and classic literature...

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