Chapter 18

Thoreau, Henry D., Journal of, 4, 5; in Emerson's Journals, 20, 29; compared with Emerson, 20-22; his "Walden," 21; "The Maine Woods," 21, 22; "Cape Cod," 22; Emerson on, 22, 23; false notes in rhetoric, 93; does not grow stale, 103; ancestry, 104; Lowell's criticism of, 104-11; industry, 106; philosophy and life, 108; accomplishment, 109, 110; his "Walden," 110, 143, 147; humor, 110; approving of Whitman, 111, 112; as a nature writer, 112-20; his Journal quoted and criticized, 113, 128, 134-37, 139-61, 163-65, 169, 170; "Walden" quoted, 114-19, 137, 143, 146, 147; travels, 119, 120; uniqueness, 120, 121; and science, 122; individualism, 122, 123; an extremist, 123, 124; and civilization, 124, 125; compared with Emerson, 126; as a walker, 127-32; his "Walking," 127-29; his natural-history lore, 133-41; faults as a writer, 141-46; love of writing, 150; literary activity, 153-55; personality, 155-59; and the Civil War, 159, 160; and John Brown, 160; inconsistencies, 160-62, 166; his "Life without Principle," 162; idealism, 162-68; manual labor, 163-65; moralizing on Bill Wheeler, 167, 168; and human emotions, 168; and young women, 168, 169; as a philosopher, 169, 170; merits as a man and a writer, 170, 171; quoted, 242.

Time, 241, 242.

Timeliness, 230, 231.

Torrey, Bradford, 134, 163.

Town and country, 226-28.

Transient, and permanent, 218, 219.

Truth, 234, 235, 247.

Verse, free, 276-78.

Very, Jones, in Emerson's Journals, 9, 25; Emerson's high opinion of, 35.

"Vestiges of Creation," 280.

Views, from mountain-tops, 240, 241.

Virgil, quoted, 242.

Walking, 127-32.

Warbler, night, Thoreau's, 136.

Wealth, 237, 238.

Webster, Daniel, Emerson on, 60-63; Carlyle on, 61.

Weismann, August, 178.

Wells, Dr. W. C., 280.

Whitman, Walt, 94, 222, 227, 253, 278; Emerson on "Leaves of Grass," 17; in Emerson's Journals, 25; Emerson's attitude towards, 34; receives "May-Day" from Emerson, 43; quoted, 100, 179, 202, 212, 250, 251, 254, 285; Thoreau's approval of, 111, 112; his philosophy, 208, 209; as a criterion, 253, 254; his faith in himself, 254.

Whittier, John G., 92, 93; and Whitman, 253.

Wilkinson, Garth, 35.

Wilson, Woodrow, 221, 232, 271.

Winter, William, 253.

Women, 238-40.

Words, and style, 83, 84.

Wordsworth, William, 216, 250, 251; Emerson's estimate of, 36; quoted, 100, 218; a poet-walker, 130, 131; on poetry and philosophy, 203; great only at rare intervals, 212, 213.

Wren, cactus, 248.

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