"Our life is frittered away by detail. . . Simplify"-Henry David Thoreau. The whole observance of the simplicity day is to commemorate the life of Henry David who lived a very simple life and in the process wrote the book, Walden, to describe his experience. Do you really know this man and the organization that created this unofficial holiday?
July 12, 1819
June 20, 1817
July 12, 1817
June 20, 1819
He was an author
He was an abolitionist
He was a professor
He was a philosopher
Emily Fields
Emily Falters
Emily Rachel
Amber Rose Emily
A Plea for Captain John Brown
Paradise (to be) Regained
Did You Know...
Walden
It is unofficial
It’s an excuse to unwind
It celebrates getting out into nature
It’s an ancient idea
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He wanted to live a simple life
He was tire of criticism
He needed to get over his dead wife
He wanted to write a new book
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