happy birthday, henry david thoreau
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In honor of Thoreau's birthday, I have set a quote from his classic essay, "Walden", in slides with inspirational photos.TRANSCRIPT
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Today is the 195th anniversary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau
Quotes from
“Walden”
http://PresentationsWithResults.com 7/22/2012
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If the day and the night
are such that you greet them with joy,
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and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs,
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is more elastic, more starry, more immortal —
Photo by Brocken Inaglory Source: Wikimedia Commons
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that is your success.
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All nature is your congratulation,
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and you have cause
momentarily to bless
yourself.
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The greatest gains and values
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are farthest from being appreciated.
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We easily come to doubt if
they exist.
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We soon forget them.
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They are the highest reality.
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Perhaps the facts
most astounding
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and most real
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are never communicated by man to man.
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The true harvest of my daily life
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is somewhat as intangible and indescribable
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as the tints of morning or evening.
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It is a little star-dust caught,
Photo by Chensiyuan Source: Wikimedia Commons
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a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.
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Quotes on the nature of success
from “Walden” by Henry David
Thoreau
Slides designed by Susan Joy Schleef
http://PresentationsWithResults.com
July 22, 2012
All photos in the public
domain except where specific attribution is
noted.