... , thinking, walking, observing, and writing. Thoreau was a devoted, naturalist. He disciplined himself to observe the natural phenomena. Thoreau"'s descriptions and interpretations of nature enriched all of his work; even his essays and lectures on political issues. His use of images and comparisons based on his studies of animal behavior, life cycles of plants, and the events of changing seasons is best displayed in his best-known book, Walden. Thoreau wrote this ... which Philosophy distinguishes as the NOT ME, that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked...

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