In this quotation,
Thoreau suggests that we do not live deliberately; that we allow our true natures to be
disrupted and disturbed by minor occurrences. We care too deeply about small things that do not,
ultimately, matter. He implores us to
spend one day as
deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing
that falls on the rails. Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without
perturbation; let company come and let company go, let the bells ring and the children
cry,determined to make a day of it.
The nutshells and
mosquito's wings he speaks of are symbols of all the tiny nothings that we take so seriously,
that we allow to throw us off track and distract us from what our real priorities ought to be.
He wants us to get up with the sun and go about living our lives, choosing for ourselves what we
do, rather than allowing our days to be dictated by routine. Thoreau implies that we let every
little detail of life get to us; we...
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