Chapter 17: Spring
'Walden was dead and is alive again.' The thawing sand and clay flowing down the railroad cut reveal the laws of creation in action.
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From Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The breaking up of Walden's ice and the thawing sandbank become powerful symbols of cosmic renewal and the creative principle.
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