... home life for their children. Soon after Henry's birth, they moved to nearby Chelmsford, and then to Boston. Economic misfortunes continued to plague the Thoreau's until the family moved back to Concord in 1823. "There Henry's father began a modestly successful pencil making business, and by 1833 the family ... with his mother. The school quickly prospered even though Henry used educational techniques that anticipated the "progressive education" of a century later. His brother John soon joined him in teaching, and they rented the Concord Academy building to accommodate larger classes. Du...

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