Walden Ch 13 Flashcards

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1
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Makes mortar with

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White sand

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2
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Sometimes used bricks as a

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Pillow when poets visit him

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3
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A place where you can see the fire that cooks your food is better than

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Most houses

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4
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A house where paroles and kitchens and workshops are at a far distance from each other::

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All life becomes a metaphor

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5
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Thoreau liked to lie stretched on the clear ice of the pond and

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Look down into the still water straight to the bottom

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6
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Found that ice on the pond would form around

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Bubbles

Bubbles beneath ice would melt and rot it

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7
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Thoreau grieved when any part of the woods is

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Burned or cut down

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8
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Wood has a value that is more

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Permanent and universal than gold

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9
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Humans heat the air making a

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Perpetual summer

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10
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Thoreau needs the warmth of his house to

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Revive himself

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11
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With winter Thoreau faces the

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Real test of nature

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12
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Transcendentalism is the reaction to

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Rationalism and strongly encourages pure nature and humanity

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13
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Because he was flustered with approach of winter Thoreau realized he has to

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Adapt and change with the changing of seasons

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14
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With winter Thoreau is no longer able to maintain

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His relationship with nature

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15
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Thoreau studies masonry in preparation for

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Building his chimney

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