 I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they had been born in the open pasture and suckled by a wolf, that they...  Skyline Promenades: A Potpourri - Page 171by Brooks Atkinson - 1925 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1919 - 1066 pages
...its readers would doubtless prefer the lot of the young men, his townsmen, to whom Thoreau refers, 'whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools' — things, he added, that 'are more easily acquired than got rid of.' It is this audacious... | |
 | 1877 - 832 pages
...around him, to wonder whether it is indeed necessary for every man to be harassed by possessions. " I see young men, my townsmen whose misfortune it is...to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools ; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they had been born in... | |
 | University magazine - 1877 - 810 pages
...around him, to wonder whether it is indeed necessary for every man to be harassed by possessions. " I see young men, my townsmen whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barna, cattle, and farming tools ; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 278 pages
...burn with a hot iron the root of the hydra's head, but as soon as one .head is crushed, two spring up. I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it...to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools ; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they had been born in... | |
 | Edward Howard Griggs - 1899 - 250 pages
...hamper our lives. Thoreau, in his half whimsical fashion, gives expression to the thought in Walden : "I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it...to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools ; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they had been born in... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1904 - 268 pages
...burn with a hot iron the root of the hydra's head,, but as soon as one head is crushed, two spring up. I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it...to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools ; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they had been born in... | |
 | William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett - 1905 - 550 pages
...of The American Farmer he felt that the possession of property was more of a curse than a blessing. "I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it...to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of." The most notable experience of... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 588 pages
...hamper our lives. Thoreau, in his half whimsical fashion, gives expression to the thought in Walden: " I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it...to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they had been born in... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 418 pages
...burn with a hot iron the root of the hydra's head, but as soon as one head is crushed, two spring up. I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it...to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they had been born in... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 428 pages
...burn with a hot iron the root of the hydra's head, but as soon as one head is crushed, two spring UPI see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is...to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than \ got rid of. Better if they had been born in... | |
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