Thursday, May 16, 2013

Thoreau's Famous Last Words

Historical Background Note for Volume 1, Chapter 5: The quotation on Dr. Hogalum’s headstone was indeed uttered by Henry David Thoreau, who died at the age of 44 of tuberculosis.  Although quite ill, he had continued to write extensively and take visitors, including the Quaker abolitionist Parker Pillsbury, who reportedly prompted him for theories on the afterlife, to which he replied, “Oh, one world at a time.”  Thoreau died a few days later, uttering his final words: "Moose… Indian."

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