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sun that the crest of a bare hill afforded.
< These preferences, however, were not that he was insist-
ent upon being alone, but that he want## to soar, and "nhen
we do ##aa?g. the eo&pany grows thinner and thinner till there
is none at all*^ Re had an intense longing fay aolitudo, a
longing that was almost morbid, but altogether sincere* "As
SOB# heads eannot carry maeh wine, so * * * I cannot bear #e
much aoeiety a# you ean."^ Failing that he was his own
foneive armor, he supported his belief in solitude by saying,
!*For an impenetrable shield^ stand inside- yourself,"^ Nle
isolation did protect him from numerous onslaught#, because
his eontoRtment made the bustle of daily living and the harsh
ayltioiaa# of others #oem.n#re trivialities. Ta&ing time to
live with himself, he interpreted everything in terms of
living a life, and discovered many thing# that made the ad* ;
venture both Interesting and worthwhile*^
While strolling on the beach near Wellfleet, he often
found remnants of wrecks that told a sad atory,^ or eaye&aseg
?
of fish that had been atrlgp#d of bl8,bb#r^ or shell# that
,, Familiar Letters. VI, 881,
^Ibid., 313*
^ Journal* VIII, a^l.
'*g Journal#* edited by Odell
eau
(*#§ and Ml&oell&nias., I*?,. 10?*<*§*
^Xbld*. 146.
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Parsons, Sabra. Henry David Thoreau: a Study of Character, thesis, 1940; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83349/m1/78/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .