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*nd reverberating overhead* The noisiness of nature was net
detrimental to either hi# happiness or hia work; en the other
hand, it was conducive to fruitful thinking. He welcomed
the change of seasons, for eaoh season brought new adventures
and new inspirations, spring, with plentiful rains and warm
sunlight, narked the return of birds, the sprouting of grass*
and the bidding of trees. Snmmer made possible longer ram*
blag in the woods, perhaps in a glow, warm. rain. The brisk-
ness of the autumn air gave him new energy, and the brilliance
of the autumnal tints offered a, multiplicity of ideas for
meditation and writing* When winter "looked like a precious
1 A
Thoraau. was keenly sentient and profoundly thought-
ful, The return of eaeh season was the coming again of an
old, oompatihle friend*
Thereau beeame completely and sympathetically intimate
with that little Walden world, which he had all to himself.
He liked the surrounding wood, the near-by pond, and the
distant view of familiar hills; but he liked, too, the sol-
itude of his cabin: the long evenings without a knock on
the door, and the opportunity to muse eontentea and un-
disturbed before his cheerful fire. He eould net feel lonely
with the luminous Milky Way stretching its path of innumer-
able stars across the heavens, or the pines whispering
around the house. Yet that eompany never disturbed his
^^Thoreau, Journal. IX, 416.
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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/m1/80/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .