I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but
to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning,
standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up

T48war

Copyright, 1854,

BY HENRY D. THOREAU.

Copyright, 1863,

BY TICKNOR & FIELDS.

Copyright, 1882,

BY MARY A. T. LOWELL AND REBECCA J. THACHER,
HEIRS OF HENRY D. THOREAU.

Copyright, 1893,

BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

All rights reserved.

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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE

I. ECONOMY

II. WHERE I LIVED, AND WHAT I LIVED