Word: walden
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Half an hour from Cambridge is Walden Pond. In 1845, Henry David Thoreau '37 was the only human who knew its shores intimately; now, thousands of swimmers and small-time fishermen are acquainted with the rules (no inflatables) and price of admission (cash only; no checks...
Wooden posts mark the ground where, in 1945, historian Roland Robbins discovered the remains of Thoreau's home. Nearby is a sign describing the cabin's appearance and its fate after Thoreau left Walden. The building was dismantled before 1850; its roof was put on a pigsty...
...words is the preservation of Walden. Without Thoreau's legacy, the pond, which is more than a hundred feet deep in parts, would have docks, motorboats, and inflatables. Walden Woods would be a woods only in name; no benefits would be staged to save it from developers...
Words were written at Walden, and they consecrated it. To readers of Thoreau, the sound of these words will always be louder than that of cars on the nearby road or of picknickers crunching potato chips on the beach...
Director: Sheldon Czapnik Editorial Services: Christiana Walford (Director); Hanns Kohl (Photo Lab); Lany Walden McDonald (Library), Beth Bencini Zarcone (Picture Collection...