Articles with keyword "journals"
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Not Exactly a Hermit
By Danny Heitman
Henry David Thoreau went in for society, but on his own terms.
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Thoreau on Flora
By Anna Maria Gillis
Author of Walden proves to be invaluable to today's scientists studying climate change.
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Nietzsche Is Dead
By Meredith Hindley
The battle for Nietzsche's legacy began when Count Hary Kessler met Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche.
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Of Stillness and Light
With Henry David Thoreau, winter walks can quickly turn into "frolic gambols."
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Wild Time in the Poconos
From The North American Journals of Prince Maximilian of Wied, Volume I, May 1832–April 1833, published by the University of Oklahoma Press, 2008, in which the aristocratic naturalist and
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City Desk
By Steve Moyer
Renaissance diarist Marin Sanudo’s political ambitions nearly truncated his accomplishment as a daily recorder of events in what was arguably the world’s most powerful and dynamic city of the day, Ven