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Thoreau's Life.* Thoreau's Aims Were Clear And Simple,—he...

to live his own life according to his convictions. Yet no man, perhaps, has been the subject of more contradictory estimates. He has been called an " American Rousseau," a......

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MICHAEL FIELD'S NEW DRAMA.* VIGOUR of presentment, and a glow of colour more dazzling than delicate, are two prominent characteristics of "Michael Field," and are to be found in......