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Success usually comes to... | Bite Sized Project Management Thought from Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau, the American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher, said that 'success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.' Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Thoreau's Pencils: Thoreau the Inventor
From the Engines of Our Ingenuity website at the University of Houston, this interesting web page provides information about Thoreau's innovations in the world of pencils. The site describes Thoreau's work in the family pencil company....
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 18: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience
Today we learn about Henry David Thoreau's belief that one must participate in nonviolent civil disobedience when conscience conflicts with an unjust law. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Thoreau's Walden
As part of the "Present at the Creation" series, National Public Radio looks at Thoreau's "Walden."