"Henry David Thoreau is one of those figures whose name one may know but whose writing often boils down in the mind to titles of works never read — including 'Walden' and 'Civil Disobedience.' Some lines may be familiar: 'The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation'; 'Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify!' (The latter I first heard quoted by a character played by Dick Van Dyke in the movie 'What a Way to Go!') Thoreau coined the phrase 'different drummer,' which links him directly to Mike Nesmith of the Monkees, whose song 'Different Drum' became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys in 1967."
~ Robert Lloyd
"Henry David Thoreau' documentary from Ken Burns reveals his relevance" - Los Angeles Times
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