Chapter 4: Sounds
'We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.' He also celebrates the hooting owl and the whippoorwill.
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From Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau contrasts the natural sounds around his cabin with the intrusion of the Fitchburg Railroad, critiquing commerce and speed.
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