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Thoreau High "Being is the great explainer." Henry David Thoreau says this with the utmost honesty and profound wisdom. Thoreau was an intelligent man who believed that every person should experience things for themselves and not rely on others in society. You have no one to bring you down if you work independently. His ideal classroom would be one where students can learn on their own and at heir own will. This shows in the …

…remarkable idea. To fully learn however, one must go out and live. Living through experience is the best way to learn. "How could youths better learn to live than by once trying the experiment of living?" Pens and paper are not always the most positive way to learn. "Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven." All quotes were found at the website, www.henrythoreau.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**