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Wild Apples
Henry David Thoreau
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[5] The Roman goddess of fruit and fruit-trees.
A week or two later, as you are going by orchards or gardens, especially in the evenings, you pass through a little region possessed by the fragrance of ripe apples, and thus enjoy them without price, and without robbing anybody.
There is thus about all natural products a certain volatile and ethereal quality which represents their highest value, and which cannot be vulgarized, or bought and sold. No mortal has ever enjoyed the perfect flavor of any fruit, and only the godlike among men begin to taste its ambrosial qualities. For nectar and ambrosia are only those fine flavors of every earthly fruit which our coarse palates fail to perceive,—just as we occupy the heaven of the gods without knowing it. When I see a particularly mean man carrying a load of fair and fragrant e. . . Read More
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Es una maravilla de ensayo. Nunca había visto tanto cariño hacia una manzana
simply can’t not give Thoreau five stars, just out of principle
Thoreau has the rare talent of being able to write about the most basic things like Walking and also here, about wild apples, and make it brilliantly grasping. Reading his essays is like watching a rewind of How it's Made, which is like the cheapest form of television show entertainment ever but at
Maravilloso Thoreau
This very short work by Thoreau is sheer poetry to read. He explores the role of wild apples within history and culture, often citing the classics. It's highly readable--more so than many 19th century works--and a pure sensory delight. Honestly, it made me hungry for apples.
"The out-door air and exe
Decidí que era buen momento para leerlo ahora que tengo manzanos en casa. Como todo texto de Thoreau, resulta agradable y edificante. Además de unos cuantos datos curiosos sobre el árbol y su fruto, en este pequeño ensayo encontramos la esencia del pensamiento del escritor norteamericano.
I am preparing myself to read Walden. So before that I chose this short writing piece of Henry David Thoreau to know about his writing. This short book speaks about apples...History of Apple tree, how wild apples grow, the fruit and it's flavor, their beauty, naming them.. etc.
After the first paragr