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3 unusual facts about Walden Pond


J. Dewey Soper

Soper spurned organized religion, and was influenced by Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond and the works of Ernest Thompson Seton.

Walden Pond

In his journal, Thoreau philosophized upon the wintry sight of Tudor's ice harvesters: "The sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well ... The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

In 1990, Eagles member and solo artist Don Henley initiated The Walden Woods Project to prevent the area around Walden Pond from being developed.



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