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梭羅覺得是家的地方：瑞奎特河—阿爾崗金族印第安人 (Adirondack)
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亨利‧大衛‧梭羅 (Henry
David Thoreau) 生於1817年7月12日
梭羅也幫助那些逃跑的奴隸，並且和那些要求廢除奴隸制度的人站在一起。梭羅後來把焦點放在戶外生活上，他也因此寫了許多關於自然的文章，例如這張照片裡的風景即是一例，但卻從來沒有因為他的作品而賺到大錢；當他在1862年去世時，許多康柯市的居民認為他的一生是失敗的。梭羅或許不是一個富有的人，但他是一個堅持自己信念的人。他寫道：「如果一個人不能追隨同伴的腳步，或許這是因為他信服的是不同的鼓聲。不管有多遠，就讓他跟隨自己所聽到的音樂聲旁吧！」
直到今日，人們還是會因為梭羅的作品與他的作為而有所啟發。你覺得梭羅的一生是不是失敗的呢？
Thoreau also helped runaway slaves and defended those who fought for the end of slavery. Thoreau's later years were spent outdoors, where he wrote about nature, like the scene shown in this photograph. He never made much money from his writing. When he died in 1862, many people in Concord considered him to be a failure. Thoreau may not have become rich, but he was a man who followed his beliefs. "If a man does not keep pace with his companions," he wrote, "perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
Today people continue to be inspired by his writing and his actions. Do you think Thoreau was a failure?
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