26 August 2024

Dispensation from Heaven

Great Brook Farm State Park, Massachusetts   

We have felt that we almost alone hereabouts practiced this noble art;
though, to tell the truth,
at least if their own assertions are to be received,
most of my townsmen would fain walk sometimes, as I do, but they cannot.

No wealth can buy the requisite leisure,
freedom, and independence which are the capital in this profession.

It comes only by the grace of God.
It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker...


HENRY D. THOREAU, Walking
Great Brook Farm: ... steps...

Great Brook Farm: ... to the high point...

Great Brook Farm: ... of walking...

Great Brook Farm: ... with free spirits...

Great Brook Farm: ... and pulses of the universe...