Thoreau #6 revised for the last time!!!!

Henry David Thoreau lived in the woods for two years, taking advantage of everything he saw around him. Nothing was taken for granite. The way he describes things makes everything seem so delightful and breathtaking. " I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching-thang to this effect: Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again,and for ever again." (pg1680)
Thoreau descriptions are, so clear as if you are right there beside him. Even at times when what he describes is not so bright he turned it into some thing good: "My house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defense against the rain, without plastering or chimney, the walls being rough, weather stained boards, with wide chinks, which made it cool at night. The upright white hewn studs and freshly planed door and window castings gave it a clean and airy look, especially in the morning,when it's timbers were saturated with dew, so that I fancied that by noon some sweet gum would exude from them." (pg1677)
Thoreau living in the woods, has very little but he is satisfied with how he is living. However, he does not seem as happy with how everyone else is living. He is content with living a simple life and wants others to see it as well: " For a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone."