Thoreau’s Walden

Thoreau’s WaldenRead the excerpt from Thoreau’s Walden (1854) on p. 227 of The Humanistic Tradition. Post a response 275-375 words to the following questions, providing specific examples to support your answers: Was Thoreau’s retreat to Walden Pond an adventure in practical survival or an extended mystical experience? What might Thoreau mean by the “indescribable innocence and beneficence of nature”?