[Page 9: The People of WALDEN, WEEK, WALKING, WOODS, and CAPE COD]
This
page with so many names is a mere "starter" list! Most of the easy
readers who glance at Thoreau's works are just clueless (because they
lack the background, I suppose), of the extent to which WALDEN, WEEK,
WALKING, WOODS, and CAPE COD manifest themselves as a guided tour of
all human culture and achievement! For the fuller index click here: BOOKpeople.
Albius Tibullus (circa 54 BCE- circa 19 BCE) Andrew, John (1815-1875) The "Artist of Kouroo" Sippio Brister of Lincoln (1756-1820) Carew, Thomas (1595-1645) Chalmers, Alexander (1759-1834) Chapman, George (1559-1634) Chaucer, Geoffrey (1342/3?-1400) Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844) Copernicus, Nicolas (1473-1543) Doctor John Cuming (1728-1788) Curtis, Burril (1821-1895) Curtis, George William (1824-1892) Professor Edward Desor (1811-1882) Drummond, Sir William (1585-1649) an escaping slave Euripides (480-406BCE) Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847) Brister (1744-1822) and Fenda Freeman (1751-1811) Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Goffe, William (1605-1679) Gray, Thomas (1716-1771) Hemans, Mrs. Felicia Dorothea (1793-1835) Hesiod (753 BCE-circa 680 BCE) Hippocrates (circa 460BCE–circa 370BCE) Isis, Veiled Goddess of Nature (ever-ever) Jonson, Ben (1572-1637) Kelsey, Reuben (1801-1828) Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) Laing, Samuel (1780-1868) Lygdamus (circa 1st Century BCE) Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) Milton, John (1609-1674) Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) Ossian (never-never) Parkman, Deacon William (1741-1832) Parr, Thomas (1483?-1635) Patch, Sam (1799-November 13, 1829) Pfeiffer, Ida (1797-1858) Sa'di (Mosleh Od-Din ’Abdallah of Shiraz, 1213-1292) Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Solomon, King (????-????BCE) Solon of Athens (630-560BCE) St. Augustine (354-430CE) Virgil (70-19BCE) Webster, Senator Daniel (1782-1852) Whalley, Edward (1615-1675) Wilberforce, William (1758-1883) Winslow, Governor Edward (1594-1654) Xenophanes (570-479 BCE) Zoroaster (circa 630-circa 550 BCE)
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