... , he will meet with a success unexpected in common hoursIn proportion as he simplifies life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex. (Baym 1149) In Walden, Thoreau criticizes institutions for being distracting and complicated. He encourages his readers to deviate from the magnetic field of society constraining them, and instead to pursue simplistic solitude and communion with ... nature. In another document written by Thoreau and published first in 1849, "Resistance to Civil Government," he rejects institutions all together for their corrupting influence on man. This essay is ...

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