1. 23:00 8th Oct 2012

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    Reblogged from condalmo

    Tags: humorousThoreauE.B.White

    I remembered something (probably the oddest comment on Thoreau ever made) that a Cornell prof told me twenty-five years ago. He said that Thoreau was ‘all right, but I wish he had more get-up-and-go.’ I treasure that remark, and when the pain in my neck is bad I comfort myself with it, and go around muttering ‘The god damn son of a bitch had no get-up-and-go.’
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    E.B. White (via condalmo)

    Now that is rather funny, particularly if you read meditation teachers who are crazy for Thoreau.

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